Tuesday, 29 March 2011

The Rights of Women advice lines

Rights of Women’s legal advice lines are changing.
From 1st April 2011 the following new advice lines will be open:

1. Family law advice line for advice on issues including:
- domestic violence and abuse
- relationship breakdown
- issues relating to children, including parental responsibility, child contact and residence

Call 020 7251 6577 (telephone) or 020 7490 2562 (textphone):
Mondays 11am-1pm
Tuesdays and Wednesdays 2pm-4pm and 7pm-9pm
Thursdays 7pm-9pm
Fridays 12noon-2pm

2. Criminal law advice line for advice on issues including:
- sexual offences
- domestic violence and harassment
- the rights of victims, witnesses and defendants
- criminal injuries compensation

Call 020 7251 8887 (telephone) or 020 7490 2562 (textphone):
Tuesdays 11am-1pm
Thursdays 2pm-4pm.

3. Immigration and asylum law advice line for advice on issues including:
- the rights of EEA nationals and their family members
- claiming asylum in the UK
- trafficking
- domestic violence and immigration law
- no recourse to public funds

Call 020 7490 7689 (telephone) or 020 7490 2562 (textphone):
Mondays 2pm-4pm
Wednesdays between 11am-1pm.




Please visit the website of Rights of Women for more information.

This text is taken from the RoW press release; copyright is theirs, not mine.