Policy Guidance

In delivering your project there are many policies and procedures you will need to consider, from child protection laws and working with disabled people to equal rights and conducting risk assessments.

The following list provides a range of organisations who can advise on specific issues.

Working with children or young people under 19?
Criminal Records Bureau
http://www.disclosure.gov.uk
Tel: 0870 90 90 811

Department for Children, Schools and Families - Every Child Matters
http://www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/

Merseyside Access to Play
http://www.accesstoplay.com
Tel: 0151-709-3686

Nacro
http://www.nacro.org.uk/
Tel: 020 7582 6500

Department for Children, Schools and Families
http://www.dcsf.gov.uk
Tel: 0870 000 2288

Funding, training and information exchange
Directory of Social Change
http://www.dsc.org.uk
Tel: 0151 708 0117

Disability- your rights, employment and the law
Disability Rights Commission
http://www.drc-gb.org/
Tel: 08457 622 633

Disability
http://www.disability.gov.uk

Equality- your rights, advice and the law
Equal Opportunities Commission
http://www.eoc.org.uk
Tel: 0845 601 5901

Commission for Racial Equality
http://www.cre.gov.uk
Tel: 020 7939 0000

Social Exclusion Unit
http://www.socialexclusion.gov.uk/
Tel: 0207 276 1234

Volunteering and employers links
National Centre for Volunteering
http://www.volunteering.org.uk
Tel: 0845 305 6979

Urban Forum-
the umbrella body for community and voluntary groups with interests in urban and regional policy, especially regeneration
http://www.urbanforum.org.uk
Tel: 020 7253 4816