Advice Resources
Our Advice Hub is a digital resource platform, aimed at providing easy access to a wide range of self-help advice resources. We constantly update this page, so please feel free to revisit.
Disclaimer: Torbay Advice Network has no affiliation with the services listed. TAN is not actively recommending all the services and organisations listed but purely providing the information as a resource tool to aid your own informed decision making on services relevant to your requirements. Advice services and resources can change frequently, and we recommend you also review additional resource materials to ensure you can make an informed decision.
Access to Work
Employment Support Advisor
Employment Support Advisor.
Find out how the supporting families programme can help someone take those all important steps into employment.
Carer Support Worker
Support for Working Carer's.
If you are juggling working and caring, or are considering leaving work to care, then please talk to a carer support worker. You can have a conversation or a carers’ health and wellbeing check to help work out any support you need.
Reasonable Adjustments
Reasonable adjustments are changes an employer makes to remove or reduce a disadvantage related to someone's disability.
Torbay Food Alliance
Torbay Food Alliance is a partnership of local community organisations, working together to support people who are struggling to afford food.
Social Tariffs
Social tariffs are cheaper broadband and phone packages for people claiming Universal Credit, Pension Credit and some other benefits. Some providers call them ‘essential’ or ‘basic’ broadband.
South West Water - Financial Support
If you're finding it hard to pay your bill, we offer lots of support that might help. You don’t have to struggle on your own, and we don’t want you to.
FREE Debt Advice
Get free, confidential and independent advice on dealing with debt problems.
This list covers UK-wide organisations and ones based in England and Wales.
Housing Advice
Shelter Advisers can help if:
- you are homeless
- you have nowhere to stay tonight
- you are at risk of abuse or harm at home
- you are worried about losing your home in the next 2 months
We only advise on housing law in England..
Community Law Clinic
The Community Law Clinic opened its doors in September 2017. We assist individuals who are not eligible for legal aid or are otherwise unable to afford private legal advice.
Disability Rights
Disability Rights UK prides itself on its high quality information provision developed by and for disabled people.
Mental Health
Devon Partnership Trust’s First Response Service is a 24/7 crisis line. It provides advice, support and signposting for people experience mental health problems.
Call the crisis line on NHS 111
Mental Health - Rights, Laws & Criminal Justice
There are important rights and laws that you may find it helpful to know about if you live with a mental illness, depending on your circumstances.
Mind - What can an Advocate help me with?
There are lots of situations where an advocate can support you.
You might be legally entitled to an advocate in some circumstances. But you can also ask an advocate to support you in other situations.
Mencap - Learning Disability
Whether you're a parent, healthcare professional, or someone with a learning disability, this tool offers clear explanations, helpful resources, and easy read resources to guide you towards the information you need.
What is Autism?
Autism influences how people experience and interact with the world. It is a lifelong neurodivergence and disability. Autistic people are different from each other, but for a diagnosis they must share differences from non-autistic people in how they think, feel and communicate.
Turn2us PIP Helper Tool
We are people getting Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and we've made this Turn2us Personal Independence Payment (PIP) Helper so you can get it too.
Click here for info
Turn2us Benefit Calculator
Free and confidential Benefits Calculator to find out what benefits you are entitled to claim.
Moneyhelper Tool & Calculator
These are the tools and calculators that will help you quickly work out the figures you need for some of the most common money situations you may find yourself in.
Turn2us Grant Search Tool
You could be missing out on money which you never have to pay back. Try Turn2us Grants Search tool and they will match you to grants for which you may be eligible.