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Education & Training > Fight for equal opportunities (the links below will take you online)
Contact a citizens advice bureau
	NACAB This is a great website that offers a fantastic service. You can use this site to find out where you nearest citizens advice bureau is and use it to get advice about all sorts of things. There is also information about a range of related issues.
Contact a trade union or professional association
	Labourstart This site allows you to contact and get information about trade unions all over the world. Available in several different languages.
	NISS - Professional Bodies This site provides access to the websites of a large number of different professional associations, learned societies and staff associations. Although they are intended to be of most use to education professionals, the directory is very wide ranging.
	Tagish - Unions and Associations A good directory of UK staff, trade and professional associations, trades unions and related organisations. The directory is organised alphabetically and covers a good range of different trades and professions.
	TUC - Contact a trade union This part of the TUC website gives a full alphabetical listing of all the unions in Britain along with their contact details.
Contact an equal opportunities organisation
*See Also:* Politics & Government > Contact a pressure group \| News & Reference > Contact the media \| Society & Law > Get legal advice
	Disability This site exists to provide information about the rights of disabled people and to learn more about the legislation that exists to help establish fully comprehensive and enforceable civil rights for disabled people in the UK.
	The Commission for Racial Equality The Commission for Racial Equality is a publicly funded, non-governmental body set up to tackle racial discrimination and promote racial equality. As you would expect, the site is packed with information and advice and is a fantastic resource.
	The Disability Rights Commission The DRC works to eliminate discrimination against disabled people and promote the fair treatment of people with disabilities. This site is packed with information and is the best place to find up to date information, help and advice.
	The Equal Opportunities Commission The Equal Opportunities Commission is the leading agency working to eliminate sex discrimination in 21st Century Britain. The website is tremendously informative and should be the first place to go if you are in need of advice in this area.
	TIGER This is the Tailored Interactive Guide to Employment Rights. It is aimed at helping people find their way through the complicated world of British employment law. It includes sections on the minimum wage and maternity leave as well as lots more.
Contact your MP
	Electoral Commision The Electoral Commision was established as an independent body to oversee donations to parties, campaign spending and to promote the electoral process. You can find out your constituency and who your MP is as well as finding out how to register to vote.
	Epolitix - Webminster This section of the excellent Epolitix site is the biggest collection of MP's websites on the internet. You can access all sorts of information about each MP and find contact details for each one. A useful, informative and detailed source of information.
	Fax Your MP This fantastic little site allows you to compose a letter that will then be faxed to your local MP. Best of all this process is completely free! It also allows you to read recent speeches and see your MPs entry on the register of interests.
	How to Contact an MP This site tells you exactly how to go about contacting your MP through the house of commons. Straightforward and easy to understand with the useful addition of tool to help you find out exactly who your MP is in the first place.
	List of MPs This is an alphabetical list of all the members of the British Parliament, along with a link to their websites where applicable and in most cases, a link to somewhere from where you can email your MP directly.
Know your rights
	Advice Guide Advice Guide gives you basic advice and information on your rights. It can provide you with a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do. Excellent as a first step in understanding your rights.
	EOC - The Law This section of the Equal Opportunities Commission website details the relevant sections of the law as it applies to equal opportunities. You can find relevant legislation, landmark cases, codes of practice, tribunal procedures and much more.
	The Community Legal Service The CLS was set up by the government in order to try and ensure that people can get information and help about their legal rights and understand how to enforce them in the right place and at the right time. A very useful site that can be of great use.
Learn about employment tribunals
	Employment Tribunals This is the definitive source of information about everything to do with employment tribunals in England, Wales and Scotland. Everything official that you need to know can be found here.
Start or sign a petition online
	Go Petition Create a petition online on pretty much anything you want. This site has a specific UK section but also has other global areas so you can reach people all over the world. You can get help with creating petitions and managing any petitions that you start.
	Petition Them A good site that lets you set up petitions with potentially unlimited reach, on almost any issue. You will get help managing any petitions that you create and you can read or sign any other petitions that exist on the site.
	The Petition Site A large range of different petitions to read and sign, covering loads of different environmental, political and human rights issues. An interesting site.

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