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A Guide to Young People and the Law

Directory

Politics and Pressure Groups

Amnesty International, 99-119 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4RE
0207 033 1675  www.amnesty.org/contact  (Website: www.amnesty.org )

Amnesty International is a worldwide campaigning movement that works to promote all the human rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international standards. In particular, Amnesty International campaigns to free all prisoners of conscience;ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners; abolish the death penalty, torture and other cruel treatment of prisoners; end political killings and "disappearances"; and oppose human rights abuses by opposition groups

Anti-Bullying Campaign
0171 378 1446

British Youth Council (Website: www.byc.org.uk )

The British Youth Council is the representative body for young people in the UK. An independent charity, run for and by young people it represents their views to central and local government, political parties, pressure groups and the media

Child Poverty Action Group
0207 253 3406 (Website: www.cpag.org.uk )

CPAG has been fighting poverty in the UK for more than 30 years. They lobby Government and campaign for policies to improve the lives of people living in poverty for as long as is necessary

CND, Manchester and District CND, Bridge 5 Mill, 22a Beswick Street, Manchester M4 7HR
0161 273 8283 0161 273 8293   enquiries@cnduk.org (Website: www.cnduk.org )

CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations

CND Youth and Student, c/o 162 Holloway Road, London N7 8DQ
 020 7700 4200

Commission for Racial Equality, 5th floor, Maybrook House, 40 Blackfriars Street, Manchester M3 2EG
0161 835 5500 0161 835 5501 (Website: www.cre.gov.uk )

The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up under the Race Relations Act 1976 to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality

Disability Alliance, Universal House, 88-94 Wentworth Street, London E1 7SA
(Voice and Minicom) 020 7247 8776 020 7247 8765 (Website: www.disabilityalliance.org )

Disability Alliance's principal aim is to relieve the poverty and improve the living standards of disabled people

Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ
020 7278 1114 020 7278 1116  www.ageuk.org.uk/contact-us  (Website: www.ageuk.org.uk )

Help the Aged is a UK-based charity which provides practical support to help older people live independent lives, particularly those who are frail, isolated or poor

Liberty, 21 Tabard Street, London SE1 4LA
0207 403 3888 0207 407 5354  http://www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk/contact/index.shtml (Website: www.liberty-human-rights.org.uk )

Liberty is an independent human rights organisation which works to defend and extend rights and freedoms in England and Wales

Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), 21 Rhodes Bank, Oldham, Lancs OL1 1UA
0161 624 4725 (Website: www.rspca.org.uk )

Telephone Numbers for National Political Parties

• Conservative Party - 0207 222 9000
• Democratic Party - 0207 278 4443
• Green Party - 0207 272 4474
• Labour Party - 0207 701 1234
• Liberal Party - 0207 222 7999

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