Advice Guide

The online CAB service that provides independent advice on your rights -practical, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics, including benefits and housing, employment rights and discrimination, debt and tax issues.

Card Watch

Card Watch raises awareness about all types of plastic card fraud in the UK, and provides information to prevent fraudulent use of credit cards, debit cards, cheque guarantee cards and charge cards.

Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre works across the UK and maximises international links to tackle child sex abuse wherever and whenever it happens. Part of our strategy for achieving this is by providing internet safety advice for parents and carers and delivering a virtual police station for reporting abuse on the internet.

CIFAS

The UK’s Fraud Prevention Service with 260 Members spread across banking, credit cards, asset finance, retail credit, mail order, insurance, investment management, telecommunications, factoring, and share dealing. Members share information about identified frauds in the fight to prevent further fraud. CIFAS is unique and is the world's first not for profit fraud prevention data sharing scheme.

Crime Reduction

Reduce the risk of your home being burgled by making sure you’ve taken these simple (and often inexpensive) precautions.

Cumbria Police

We provide a wide range of policing services to ensure communities in Cumbria are safer and feel safer.

Cumbria Police Authority

Responsible for the overseeing of the police service in Cumbria and setting the budget for Cumbria Constabulary. To carry out its roles the Authority has set up several committees to look after specific areas of activity.

Help the Aged

Help the Aged campaigns for change in government policy, undertakes research into the needs of older people and provides local services in communities across the UK and overseas. Find out more about our work to improve the lives of our society's most vulnerable citizens.

Mailing Preference Service

Mailing Preference Service supports your right to choose the mail you want.

National Neighbourhood Watch

This is the official Home Office Neighbourhood Watch website containing the latest news and information relating to Neighbourhood Watch plus useful documents and links.

Neighbourhood Statistics

This search allows you to find detailed statistics within specific geographic areas.

Re-cover (drug advice)

Pass Plus+

In 2006 14 young people aged between 16 and 20 died on Cumbria's roads - almost 25 per cent of the total of all fatalities in the county. It is widely acknowledged that the current driving test does not fully prepare young drivers for the reality of motoring away from the artificial driving lesson environment. Driving instructors often tell their successful pupils: "You have passed your test; now you must learn to drive."Pass Plus+ is more than a bolt on addition to the standard driving test. It teaches vital skills that will help you become a better, safer driver and could save your life.

Re-cover (drug advice)

Re-cover provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice on private alcohol and drug rehabilitation centres in the UK, Ireland, Spain and South Africa.

Respect - Give Respect, Get Respect

Respect is about central government, local agencies, local communities and ultimately every citizen working together to build a society in which we can respect one another - where anti-social behaviour is rare and tackled effectively, and communities can live in peace together.

Samaritans

Samaritans provides confidential non-judgemental support, 24 hours a day for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which could lead to suicide. Contact by telephone 08457 90 90 90

Secured by Design

Secured by Design is the UK Police flagship initiative supporting the principles of "designing out crime" by use of effective crime prevention and security standards for a range of applications.

Smartwater

Smartwater is designed for the protection of general domestic items and commercial assets, such as IT & audio/visual equipment, power tools, and hobby items including golf clubs. Its unique forensic fingerprint is almost invisible to the naked eye, fluoresces under ultraviolet light, and is virtually impossible to completely remove.

Streetsafe

Streetsafe is an ongoing community project which aims to tackle local community problems at a local level. Streetsafe operations are held all over the South of Cumbria covering Barrow Borough Council and South Lakeland District Council.

Telephone Preference Service

The Telephone Preference Service (TPS) is the central opt out register on which you can record your preference not to receive unsolicited sales and marketing telephone calls to your home or mobile* telephone numbers.

Trading Standards Central

A one stop shop for consumer protection information in the UK. The site is supported and maintained by TSI, the Trading Standards Institute. This site provides a wealth of information for consumers and businesses, schools, advice and information centres, community organisations, local councils, business support agencies and trade associations.

Victim Support

The national charity which helps people affected by crime. We provide free and confidential support to help you deal with your experience, whether or not you report the crime.