Social issues

Welcome to North Devon Council's social issues information.

North Devon Council is committed to achieving equality of opportunity both as an employer of people and as a provider of services. Our equality and diversity section has more details on how we go about this.

Useful links

Useful links on a selection of social issues from central government agencies and other organisations:

Citizens Advice

The Citizens Advice helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free information and advice from nearly 3,400 locations, and by influencing policymakers.

Citizens Advice and each Citizens Advice bureau are registered charities reliant on over 21,000 volunteers and need to raise funds to provide these vital services. The majority of the advisers are trained volunteers, helping people to resolve nearly 5.3 million problems every year.

All Citizens Advice bureaux in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are members of Citizens Advice, the national charity which sets standards for advice and equal opportunities and supports bureaux with an information system, training and other services. Citizens Advice also co-ordinates social policy, media, publicity and parliamentary work and maintains an information and advice website.