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Home & Lifestyle > Protect your home (the links below will take you online)
Find a local locksmith
	Master Locksmiths Association This is the 'Find a licensed locksmith' section of the MLA website. Simply select which county you are in and you will then be given the details of all of your local licensed locksmiths. A useful facility that will help you get the best service.
	Scoot This is one of the best online directories in the UK. Finding businesses and services all over the country is simple and easy and the results of your searches are usually presented really quickly. They also have a good cinema finder.
	Thomson Directories The online version of the Thomson Directory. Here you can search for contact details for all sorts of businesses up and down the UK. You can also access the local version of each of the directories.
	Yell The online yellow pages allows you to search millions of businesses across the UK to find the services you need in your local area.
Get advice
	Crime Prevention Advice The Home Office provides a number of documents and publications about preventing crime. Here you can read and download the full versions of each of these pieces of information, all of which provide sound practical advice.
	Crime Reduction Government advice about what you can do to prevent crime. The information is split into lots of different categories that cover topics such as home security, vehicle crime and mobile phones. Also has links and advice about crime prevention schemes.
	NCPC - Crime Prevention Here you can find practical advice about securing your home to protect yourself from break-ins whilst you're away. Its quick to read through but the advice is well worth considering and could save you from being burgled.
	The Police This is the official UK police site from where you can access the individual websites of all the police forces in the country, including non-geographic forces such as the military police. As well as a lot of information, you can report certain crimes.
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.
	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.
	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 fire safety
	Fire Net This is a site where you can find loads of fire related information, including a fire-fighters database, fire safety information, a directory of fire services around the UK, latest fire industry news, information for fire fighters and much more.
	Fire Safety Advice This is a fire safety page from the government that gives straightforward advice about fire risks in the home and what you can do to reduce them and protect yourselves and your family.
	LFB - Fire Safety The London Fire Brigade provide this guide to fire safety in the home and what steps you can take to reduce the risks. It is well presented and written and contains both practical advice and useful information.
	Welephant Fire safety information and games aimed at teaching children about the risks of fire and what they should do if they find one. There is a lot of information here but it’s all presented in a fun way and should be a fun way to teach kids about fire.
Learn about neighbourhood watch schemes
	Home Office - Neighbourhood Watch A detailed page from the Home Office that provides information about Neighbourhood Watch schemes and tells you how to set up a group in your area.
	Neighbourhood Watch This is the official site of the National Neighbourhood Watch Association in the UK. You can get all the relevant information about how to try and prevent crime as well as advice about setting up your own local schemes and a section about insurance.
Protect your cards
	Card Pal Card Pal offer a great service that takes the hassle out of the small but essential task of informing your card issuers of losses, theft, fraud, changes in personal details or getting copies of bills or a new credit limit. A simple and very useful site.
Purchase security products
*See Also:* Money & Law > Get insured
	Argos Argos has a good selection of products for sale online but you might have to wait up till six days for delivery. Browse the catalogue online, search by name of product or its code and then reserve your items for collection or delivery.
	B & Q From B+Q's website you can the vast majority of the items that they have in stores. There is a huge amount to choose from and prices are always competitive. Searching through the products is easy and its general a fast site to use.

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