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Useful numbers

Age Concern Fleetwood - 01253 770557

Blackpool Victoria Hospital - 01253 300000

Business Link Northwest - 0845 00 66 888

Childline - 0800 11 11

Child Benefit - 0845 302 1444

Child Support Agency - 0845 713 3133

Disability and Careers Benefit - 0800 882 2000 (freephone)

Department of Work and Pensions (General Enquiries) - 0207 712 2171

Home Office - Border & Immigration Agency (General casework enquiries) - 0870 606 7766

Immigration Advisory Service ( Free immigration and asylum advice) - 0207 967 1200

HM Revenue & Customs (Working Tax Credit & Child Tax Credit) - 0845 300 3900

Jobseeker Direct - 0845 6060234

New Deal Helpline - 0845 606 2626

Pensions Direct (Enquiries on State Retirement Pensions and Widows Beneifts) - 0845 301 3011

Shelter - 0808 800 4444 (freephone)

UK Visas - Public Enquiry Unit - 0845 010 5555

Welfare Rights Blackpool - 01253 477770

Winter Fuel Payment Helpline - 0845 915 1515


Trading Standards

Go to the Trading Standards website and enter your postcode to find out the number for your local office.


Councils

Blackpool Borough Council
- 01253 477477

Lancashire County Council - 0845 053 0000

Wyre Borough Council - 01253 891000


Regulators

Energywatch - Independent Gas and Electricity Watchdog - 08459 060 708

FSA - Food Standards Agency - 0207 276 8000

OFCOM - Office of Communications - 0845 456 3000

OFSTED - Office for Standards in Education -

08456 404045 - about education, adult skills, or local authority children's services

08456 404040 - about anything else

OFGEM - Office of Gas and Electricity Markets - 0845 906 0708

OFWAT - (Office of Water Services) - 0121 625 1300