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Bedfordshire Advice Forum promotes the provision and quality of advice services in Bedfordshire. Membership of the forum is open to organisations that provide advice is those areas.
The Aims of Bedfordshire Advice Forum
For further information about the forum, membership and dates of its quarterly meetings, please contact Infotrain Services Ltd on 01234 360607.
Bedfordshire Advice Forum promotes the provision and quality of advice services in Bedfordshire and aims:
- To act as a focus for information about the need, demand, provision and resource requirements of advice and assistance services in Mid & North Beds
- To promote the provision and quality of advice services in Bedfordshire
- To develop a collaborative approach to training
- To offer support to developing advice project initiatives
- To review the need for advice and identify gaps in provision
- To undertake policy research and contribute to local policy formation
In addition, the Forum:
- Produces a Beds Advice Directory of local agencies and useful addresses
- Runs training courses for Members; BAF members encouraged to share skills with other members through low cost training
- Plays an important role in North and Mid Beds Community Legal Service work.
Minutes, agendas and other documents are available on the BAF webpage on infotrain's website www.infotrain.co.uk
If you are a group that provides advice in Bedfordshire and you would like to find more about possibly joining Bedford Advice Forum, contact Infotrain Services Ltd on 01234 360607 or at len.simkins@infotrain.co.uk
Bedfordshire Advice Directory
The Bedfordshire Advice Forum has produced the 'Bedfordshire Advice Directory 2005', which details the groups in the county that give advice on Benefits, Education, Employment, Health, Housing, Immigration, Legal Issues & Money Matters.
CVS - Mid & North Beds holds a stock of these directories, so if your group would like a copy please let us know.
Bedfordsahire Advice Forum Training
The courses will be held at:
Bunyan Meeting Free Church, Mill Street, Bedford
All the courses are free of charge to members of BAF and refreshments will be provided
Contact Infotrain Services Ltd on 01234 360607 for more details & a booking form.
Members of Bedfordshire Advice Forum
- Advice UK
- Advocacy Alliance
- Age Concern Bedfordshire
- Anchor 'Staying-Put' Bedford
- Aragon Housing Association
- Bedford & District CAB
- Bedford African Caribbean Forum
- Bedford Borough Council - Housing Advice Service & Customer Services
- Bedford College
- Bedford Community Rights Centre
- Bedford Concern for the Homeless & Rootless
- Bedford Credit Union Ltd
- Bedford Foyer (BPHA)
- Bedford Housing Link
- Bedford Race Equality Council
- Bedford Volunteer Bureau
- Bedford YMCA
- Bedfordshire Child Poverty Action Group
- Bedfordshire County Council - Welfare Rights Service, Children's Information Service, Trading Standards Service, Member Support Community
- Bedfordshire Police - Welfare Department
- Bedfordshire Refugee & Asylum Seeker Support
- Bedfordshire Rural Communities Charity - Carers Short Breaks & Village Care Schemes
- Beds. & Herts. Energy Efficiency Advice Centre
- BPHA
- Christian Family Care
- Community & Voluntary Service (Mid & North Beds.)
- Create / Finance ReDirect Ltd
- Dunstable Citizens Advice Bureau
- Family Groups (Bedford)
- Home-Start (Biggleswade)
- Home-Start (North & Mid Beds)
- Hope Debt Advice Centre
- Hospice at Home Volunteers
- Jephson Housing Association
- King's Arms Project
- Langley House Trust
- Leighton Linslade Citizens Advice Bureau
- Luton Law Centre
- Luton Rights
- Mayday Trust
- Mid Bedfordshire Citizens Advice Bureau
- National Childminding Association - East Regional Office
- Peterhouse Project
- Places for People
- Relate
- Rutland Road Church
- Samaritans - Bedford
- Sight Concern Bedfordshire
- South Bedfordshire District Council - Benefits Service
- Spurgeon's Child Care - Social Work Project
- SSAFA
- Surestart Cauldwell - Benefits Advice Project
- The Bedford Charity
- The Disability Resource Centre
- Victim Support Bedfordshire
- Voluntary & Community Action South Bedfordshire
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