Advice Network and Training Partnership (Bradford and District) Charity no. 1105947
What is the
Advice Network & Training Partnership (Bradford & District)?
The ANTP (B&D) is a network of independent advice centres across Bradford District .There are over 20 members currently. The ANTP has an elected Trustee Board (TB) which meets monthly.. The TB is made up of representatives from a wide range of independent advice centres.
The ANTP Achieving Quality Advice Project (funded by the Big Lottery Fund) provides support for members of the ANTP.
* regular e-mailings to share useful information
* publicity and awareness raising about where to get free, independent, confidential and quality advice
* training for ‘front line’ advisers
* social policy campaigns and liaison with statutory organisations
* peer review assessments of case records to help managers ensure their procedures meet national quality of advice standards.
What does we mean by ‘independent advice centre’?
Independent advice centres are mainly voluntary sector organisations that provide free, independent, confidential and reliable advice about legal rights.
They are staffed by a mixture of paid advisers and volunteers. They vary in size and some communities and neighbourhoods in the Bradford District are better served than others. Advice centres do not give criminal legal advice but do help with social welfare law issues.
What do independent advice centres do?
Independent advice centres help people to understand and enforce their legal rights. They:
- Provide general information about legal rights
- Tailor legal information to advise individuals about their rights
- Outline legal options for individual’s circumstances
- Provide ongoing casework for longer running problems
- Act as advocates to enforce legal rights in courts and tribunals
- Monitor trends and campaign for change in the law, policies and procedures
The most frequent reason that causes people to need advice are benefit/tax credit and debt
problems. However advice centres also advise people about their rights in housing,
immigration, asylum, employment rights, consumer, and community care. They also ‘signpost’
people to a variety of more specialist legal advice and social/community support organisations.
What are the aims of the ANTP (B&D)?
The formal aims of the ANTP (B&D) are to advance the education of members of independent advice centres, the legal, social work and community work professions, public authorities and interested members of the public generally by:
- Increasing knowledge of social welfare law and policies as they affect people suffering financial hardship or discrimination within the Bradford District.
- Developing the quantity, quality and efficiency of independent legal advice services for people experiencing financial hardship or discrimination within the Bradford District
Advice Network & Training Partnership (B & D) - Organisational Structure
Want to join the ANTP?
If you are an advice giving organisation in the Bradford District, click here to find out how to join for free and become a member of the ANTP.
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