Social Welfare Links
- BabyCentre
Contains information on pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood as well as links to other sites. - British Deaf Association
Site includes downloadable leaflets, directory of 1700 organisations and mini British Sign Language dictionary. - Care Commission
Website of the organisation with responsibility for regulating and inspecting Scottish care services. Contains news, details of regional contacts and library of downloadable publications. - Caredata Web
Produced by National Institute for Social Work. Contains 50,000 abstracts and 800 full text articles relating to social work and social care. - CareHome
Contains searchable database of 17,500 care homes, nursing homes and residential homes in the UK. - Charity Choice
Searchable directory of charities. - Charity Commission
Contains list of over 180,000 charities in England and Wales as well as advice for charities. - Commission for Racial Equality
Includes news, legal advice and downloadable publications. - Department for Work and Pensions
Contains links to former Department of Social Security and Department for Education and Employment sites. Includes A-Z of benefits, publications and downloadable claims forms. - Disability Rights Commission
Includes details of relevant legislation, news and site search engine. - Equal Opportunities Commission
Includes information in areas of policy and campaigns, research and statistics and the law. - FunderFinder
FunderFinder develops and distributes software to help individuals and not-for-profit organisations in the UK to identify charitable trusts that might give them money. - Help the Aged
Offers material for everyone - useful downloads of research documents. - Missing Children in the UK
Search by town or date. - National Children's Bureau
- National Drugs Helpline
Includes facts on individual drugs as well as downloadable leaflets. - One Parent Families Scotland
Site includes details of helpline, factfile, news section and local directories of relevant organisations. - Refugee Council
Includes downloadable information booklets, statistics, details of advice centres and teaching resources. - Regard
Searchable database of projects funded by the Economic & Social Research Council. Searchable by topic, reference number, person and date of research. - Social Policy Research Unit
Based at University of York and specialising in key areas of social policy, including health and social care, and social security and employment Downloadable publications. - UK National Statistics
Figures on a wide range of social & economic topics. - Volresource
Aimed at those running voluntary organisations. Includes relevant news, events listings, reviews and details of courses and training. - WorkWithUs
Gateway to Scotland's Voluntary Sector. Includes news, events, information, funding sources, courses, lobbying tools, online donation and bulletin boards / e-mail networks. You can also find any charity in Scotland. - Young Scot
Up-to-the-minute youth-related news and information aged at ages 12 to 25.
Disclaimer: Links to reference sites are for guidance only. While Clackmannanshire Libraries attempts to maintain and monitor the currency and accuracy of linked reference sites it does not accept responsibility for their content, which may be subject to change.
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