Local Info

This is a local information service for the Wokingham area using links to external web-sites.

There are links in alphabetical order both by  both by subject and by organisation name.

You can either scroll through the entire list or click on the appropriate letter below to take you directly to the relevant section.

Where the target organisation is a national one the link will take you to the page where you can search for the local branch.

Click here if you want links to national on-line Advice sites

Click here for links to fact sheets from national advice sites

Click here if you want to give us feedback.

Please note that we cannot accept any responsibility or liability for information on any of these linked sites.

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Ability Housing

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Ability Housing - useful disability links

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ACAS - South East Region

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Age Concern Offices

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Alcohol

 

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Al-Anon support for families

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Alcohol Concern

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Alcoholics Anonymous UK

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Alcoholics Anonymous GB and continental Europe

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Support and information links from Reading Borough Council

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See also Substance Abuse, CIRDIC

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ARC - Counselling service

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BDIN (Berkshire Disability Information Network)

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Berkshire

 

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Berkshire Information

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Berkshire Lesbian and Gay information network

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Berkshire Carers Centre

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Berkshire Counselling Centre

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Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust - see Charities

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Berkshire Women’s Aid

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Bracknell Citizens Advice Bureau

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Bracknell Forest Council

 

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Council Tax and Benefits

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Housing Advice and Homelessness

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British Legion - See Royal British Legion

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Business Link - See Thames Valley Business Link

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Care Homes - find using Yell.Com

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Chamber of Commerce - See Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Charities

 

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Berkshire Nurses and Relief in Sickness Trust

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The Earley Charity

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Register of Charities - to search for a charity

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Child care in Berkshire

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CIRDIC Centre

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Citizens Advice Bureaux

 

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Bracknell Citizens Advice Bureau

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Maidenhead Citizens Advice Bureau

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Reading Citizens Advice Bureau

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West Berks Citizens Advice Bureau

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Wokingham Citizens Advice Bureau

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Community Legal Service - CLS Directory

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Clubs and Associations - see Reading, Wokingham

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Community Furniture Project - Newbury

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Community Information

 

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See Berkshire

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See Reading

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See West Berks

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See Wokingham

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Coroner

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Councils

 

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See Bracknell Forest Council

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See Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

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See Reading Borough Council

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See West Berks Council

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See Wokingham Borough Council

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Courses in Berkshire

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Council Tax

 

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Bracknell

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Reading

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West Berks

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Windsor and Maidenhead

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Wokingham

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Counselling

 

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See  Arc, Berkshire Counselling Centre, Cruse, No. 5, MIND , Relate, Samaritans

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Counselling Directory to find a counsellor locally

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Courts

 

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Court Information and addresses

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Reading County Court

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Reading Crown Court

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Reading Magistrates Court

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Cruse

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Dentists - see NHS

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Divorce - see Courts, Counselling, Domestic Violence, Legal Advice, Mediation,
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Disabilities - see Wokingham, Wokingham BC, Reading BC, West Berks, BDIN,
                         Ability Housing, Wokingham Information Network

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Domestic Abuse

 

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See Berkshire Women’s Aid

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See Emergency Accommodation

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See Thames Valley Police

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See Wokingham District Council

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Drugs - see Substance Abuse

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Earley Charity - see Charities

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Earley Town Council

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Emergency Accomodation

 

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See also Homelessness

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Salvation Army

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YMCA

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Employment Tribunal Offices

 

Environmental Health - See Reading Borough Council, Wokingham Borough Council

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Families

 

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Wokingham Information Network

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Financial Advisers

 

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Find a qualified member of Personal Finance Society

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Find an Independent Financial Adviser using IFA

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Floating Support - Wokingham (SCDT)

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Forced Marriage Awareness

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Furniture re-use

 

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Christian Community Action - Reading

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Community Furniture Project - Basingstoke

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Community Furniture Project - Newbury

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Furniture re-use in South East

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Oxfam - furniture shop Bracknell

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Re-cycling including furniture in Slough

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Thames Hospice - Furniture Mart Windsor & Bracknell

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See also - Re-cycling

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Gamblers Anonymous

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Health - see NHS, NHS Trusts

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HMRC - Revenue and customs enquiry centres

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Homelessness

 

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See also Emergency Accommodation

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See Bracknell Forest Council

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See Reading Borough Council

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See Wokingham and District Council

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Hospitals - see NHS, NHS Trusts

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Housing - see Councils

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Housing Associations - find using Yell.com

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Immigration

 

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IAS local office

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Immigration Law Practitioners Association

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Refugee Council

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Refugee Legal Centre

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See also Reading CAB

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Insolvency Service - Reading

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Job Seeking

 

 

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Job Centre Plus (How to contact)

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Find your nearest Job Centre Plus

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Wokingham Job Support Center

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Law Society

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Land Registry - Offices

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Legal Advisers, finding - see CLS, Law Society

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Letting Agents - search via Yell.Com

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Libraries

 

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Reading

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Wokingham

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Maidenhead Citizens Advice Bureau

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Mediation

 

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Berkshire Family Mediation

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Thames Valley Family Mediation

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West Berks - Resolve

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MIND in your area

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NHS

 

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Independent Complaints Advisory Service - ICAS

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NHS Information

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Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)

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South Central Strategic Health Authority

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NHS Trusts

 

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Berkshire East Primary Care Trust

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Berkshire West Primary Care Trust

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Royal Berks NHS Foundation Trust

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No. 5 Counselling and Information

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Notaries - find a notary

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Office of Fair Trading

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Pastoral Support in the community

 

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St Sebastian’s Church

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Pensions - see The Pension Service

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Probate - Oxford Office

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Police - See Thames Valley Police

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Railway journey planner

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Readibus

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Reading

 

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Reading Faith Forum including directory for all faith groups in Reading

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Reading Guide

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Reading Library Community Information Database including clubs and societies

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Reading Tourist Guide

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RVA Directory - opportunities for volunteering in Reading.

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Reading Adult and Community College

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Reading Borough Council

 

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Advice and Benefits

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Community Care

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Consumer Advice

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Council Tax

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Environmental Health

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Health and Social Care

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Housing options / Homelessness

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Services

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Trading Standards

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Young People

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Reading Citizens Advice Bureau

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Reading Travel Information

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Reading Buses

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Reading Community Welfare Rights Unit

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Reading County Court - see Courts

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Reading Single Homeless Project

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Reading Travel Information

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Reading Voluntary Action

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Re-cycling

 

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Bracknell

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Slough

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Wokingham

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Relate

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Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

 

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Council Tax

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Royal British Legion

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Salvation Army

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Samaritans Branches

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Shelter

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Social Services - see also Floating Support

 

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For adults in Wokingham

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For children in Wokingham

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Solicitors - see CLS, Law Society

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Substance Abuse

 

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Narcotics Anonymous

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No. 5 - Counselling and Information

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Support and information - links from Reading Borough Council

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Thames Valley police - useful links

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Wokingham Borough Council - Local and National Organisations

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Tax - see HMRC

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Taxaid

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Thames Valley Business Link

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Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce

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Thames Valley Housing

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Thames Valley Police

 

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Domestic Abuse

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Frequently asked questions

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Useful links

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Thames Valley University

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Trading Standards

 

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See  Reading Borough Council

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See  Wokingham Borough Council

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Travel - plan a door-to-door journey

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Twyford information

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Universities

 

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Thames Valley University

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University of Reading

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Volunteering

 

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See Reading Voluntary Action

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See RVA Directory

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See Wokingham District Volunteer Development Agency

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West Berks

 

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Disability Information for West Berks

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West Berks Citizens Advice Bureau

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West Berks Council

 

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Council Tax and Benefit

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Wokingham

 

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Wokingham Area Access Group - local disability access guide

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Wokingham Community information from council including clubs and hall for hire

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Wokingham Information Network information for families or vulnerable adults

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Welcome to Wokingham community information

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Wokingham Times

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See also Job Seeking

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Wokingham Borough Council

 

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Bus timetables

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Council Housing

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Council Tax and Benefit

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Disabilities

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Domestic Violence

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Environmental Health

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Health and social services

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Housing Advice and Homelessness

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Parish and Town Councils

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Substance Abuse - Local and National Organisations

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Trading Standards

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Wards

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Wokingham District Volunteer Development Agency

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Wokingham Town Council

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Woodley Town Council

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Yell.com for local business searches

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YMCA

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Young People

 

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No. 5 - Counselling and Information

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Reading Borough Council services

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Wokingham Information Network

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Thames Valley police - useful links

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