Useful contacts

Maternity alliance

Maternity Alliance is an organisation that is able to offer advice and guidance on maternity benefits, employment rights and work/life balance issues.

Tel: 0207 490 7638

www.maternityalliance.org.uk

Parents at Work

Parents at Work is an organisation that is able to offer advice and guidance on maternity benefits, employment rights and work/life balance issues.

Tel: 0207 253 7243

www.parentsatwork.org.uk

The Institute of Employment Rights

The Institute of Employment Rights was established in February 1989. It is an independent organisation acting as a focal point for the spread of new ideas in the field of labour law. In 1994 the Institute became a registered charity.

Members of the Institute include the general secretaries of most of the trade unions in the UK, many of the leading labour law academics and practitioners and a number of highly distinguished experts from other fields. Members meet once a year to give direction to the work of the Institute. The day-to-day affairs are managed by an executive committee which is elected by the members.

The Institute is funded by trade unions, by individual donations and by subscription fees. The Institute itself is a small organisation. The work is commissioned on a voluntary basis and reflects the views of the authors. Our aim is to provide a wide variety of high quality publications which we hope will stimulate debate and analysis about employment law policies and legal developments in industrial relations.

The results of the work of the Institute are published in booklets available for sale or through annual subscription. The Institute also provides short articles (free of legal jargon) for trade union journals and other popular publications. It organises seminars on topics of particular importance and holds occasional lectures.

The Institute of Employment Rights
177 Abbeville Road
London SW4 9RL

Tel: 020 7498 6919

Fax: 020 7498 9080

Email: office@ier.org.uk

Web: www.ier.org.uk

National Assembly of women

Email - naw@sisters.org.uk

Website - www.sisters.org.uk

One Parent Families|Gingerbread
is the leading national charity working to help the UK’s 1.9 million lone parents. We believe we can build a fairer society in which people bringing up children on their own are recognised for their positive contributions and where they and their families can thrive and enjoy equal opportunities socially and financially.

The Lone Parent Helpline
0800 018 5026
A freephone confidential service for lone parents, with trained staff offering help and advice on a wide range of issues, including debt, benefits, employment, education, childcare and relationship breakdown.
The Lone Parent Helpline is open Monday to Friday, 9am–5pm, with extended opening until 8pm on Wednesdays.

Website

www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
For 24-hour access to information and news, go to the One Parent
Families|Gingerbread website, which includes details of our membership scheme, policy work, training opportunities, specialist forums and publications, as well as the Lone Parent Helpdesk, an online, web-based source of information and support.

Email
info@oneparentfamilies.org.uk

Telephone

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