Useful Links
Hertfordshire County Council website – gateway to all you need to know about Hertfordshire.
HertsHelp
HertsHelp is a network of community organisations working together. They can help you find the practical support, guidance and information you need to get the most out of life. HertsHelp has one phone number and website address to help you find your way around the 100s of community groups in Herts who may be able to help.
Hertfordshire District and Borough Councils
Information and services provided on the Hertfordshire district and borough council websites
A-Z Community directory
http://www.herts.police.uk/
Hertfordshire Police website
http://www.hertfordshire.nhs.uk/
NHS Hertfordshire is the name for Hertfordshire Primary Care Trust (PCT). We are responsible for arranging healthcare for everyone who lives in Hertfordshire.
http://www.hertspartsft.nhs.uk/
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is committed to providing excellent health and social care for both people with mental ill health and those with a learning disability.
http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
The service provides free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities.
www.hertscvs.org.uk
Hertfordshire CVS Group, a group of the nine current CVS in the County exists to develop and support a strong, united, strategic network of Councils for Voluntary Service to benefit their work with voluntary and community organisations.
homeoffice.gov.uk/equalities
Responsible across government for equality strategy and legislation. Leads on issues relating to women, sexual orientation and transgender equality matters.
www.equalityhumanrights.com
The equality and Human Rights Commission has a statutory remit to promote and monitor human rights; and to protect, enforce and promote equality across the nine protected grounds – age, disability, gender, race, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sexual orientation and gender reassignment.
www.jrf.org.uk
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is an endowed charity that funds a large, UK-wide research and development programme. They seek to understand the root causes of social problems, to identify ways of overcoming them, and to show how social needs can be met in practice.
www.stonewall.org.uk
Stonewall works with a whole range of agencies to address the needs of lesbians, gay men and bisexuals in the wider community and campaigns for equal rights.
www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1363
ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service) aims to improve organisations and working life through better employment relations.
www.edf.org.uk/blog/
The Equality and Diversity Forum
www.cipd.co.uk
Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
www.efa.org.uk
Employers Forum on Age
www.efrb.org.uk
Employers Forum on Religion and Belief
www.employers-forum.co.uk
Employers Forum on Disability
www.carersuk.org/employersforcarers
www.cohesioninstitute.org.uk/home
www.gires.org.uk
Gender Identity
www.opportunitynow.org.uk
Race and Gender
www.mind.org.uk
Mental Health
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
Gender Equality
