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Blackfriars Advice Centre
Target Group(s)   The local community. General public.
Area Served   Mainly Southwark and surrounding boroughs, but advice provided to anybody who requires it.
Disability Advice Service Lambeth (DASL)
Target Group(s)   People with physical, sensory, or learning disabilities or mental health problems. The Direct Payments Project also works with older people, children, young people and carers.
Area Served   Lambeth. Stroke Network covers Lambeth & Southwark.
Disability Law Service
Target Group(s)   Disabled people, people claiming sickness or disability benefits or covered by disability discrimination legislation, including people with a mental health diagnosis, carers.
Area Served   London.
Equality & Human Rights Commission (EHRC)
Target Group(s)   General public, people needing support with issues of equality or human rights (e.g. disability, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, religion and belief).
Area Served   UK. Separate helpline services for England, Scotland and Wales.
Mind InfoLine
Target Group(s)   Everyone with experience of mental distress, their families, friends, carers, professionals and the general public.
Area Served   England and Wales.
Multi-Lingual Community Rights Shop
Target Group(s)   People from black and minority ethnic communities, including refugees and asylum seekers, migrant communities and people whose mother tongue is not English.
Area Served   All London.
National Debtline
Target Group(s)   Anyone with money problems.
Area Served   England, Scotland and Wales.
Refugee Council One Stop Service
Target Group(s)   Refugees and people who have applied for asylum and who are already in the UK. Asylum seekers with mental health/mental well-being needs.
Area Served   London.
Rethink - National Information & Advice Service
Target Group(s)   People with severe mental illness, particularly schizophrenia, their families and carers.
Area Served   England and Northern Ireland.
Rights of Women
Target Group(s)   Women only.
Area Served   England and Wales.
SupportLine
Target Group(s)   People of all ages, particularly those who are socially isolated and at risk or experiencing abuse.
Area Served   UK.
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