RedAlert DIY Support

What we do! 4

• What is the RedAlert core service?
• Telephone and online support / advice
• What geographical area do you cover?
• Volunteer & job vacancies at Red Alert

RedAlert status / opportunities 4

• What is the legal status of RedAlert?
• Services Menu (What we do, or not do)
• Is RedAlert Funded?
• How do I volunteer with Red Alert?

Detained in public 3

• Stop and Search: Know Your Rights
• Your rights when subject to a stop and search
• Police Powers

Detained in police station 3

• Being arrested: your rights
• Netpol : What is a bust card?
• Being arrested: your rights

Detainees family / friends 2

• INQUEST Family Skills Toolkit
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct (previously the IPCC)

Police & Crime Commissioner 2

• What is the Police & Crime Commissioner?
• Find Your Police & Crime Commissioner

Know your rights 9

• Stop and Search: Know Your Rights
• Arrest Bust Card
• Netpol | Network for Police Monitoring
• Green & Black Cross
• Identifying police ranks

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Policing and health initiatives 3

• StopWatch
• Report Policing Incidents
• Y-Stop stop and search app

Support for prisoners 10

• Howard League for Penal Reform
• Prisoners Advice Service
• Prison Reform Trust
• Innocence Network UK
• Detention Advice Service

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Prisoners family / friends 5

• Action for Families of Prisoners
• Counselling Directory
• Bringing Hope
• INQUEST Family Skills Toolkit
• PrisonPhone

Know your rights 5

• Freedom from Torture
• Detention under the Mental Health Act
• Making a complaint to The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
• The INQUEST handbook
• Prison Life : healthcare & support in prison

Prison Visiting / pen pals / education 1

• Do you have a family member in prison?

Users on a section 4

• Compulsory admission to hospital: part 2 of the Act
• Mental Health Act 1983
• Review of Sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act
• VoiceAbility: Independent Mental Health Advocacy

Users in the community 7

• POhWER: advocacy & support
• Mind - Mental Health Charity
• Rethink - Mental Illness
• Aspects Care
• COPE Mental Health Foundation

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Users in police custody 4

• Section 136 of The Mental Health Act 1983
• Compulsory admission to hospital: part 2 of the Act
• Detention under the Mental Health Act
• West Midlands Street Triage

Users family / friends 6

• Counselling Directory
• INQUEST Family Skills Toolkit
• A Father's Child Services (Counselling and Psychotherapy)
• Guide to UK Free Mental Health Helplines
• Route2Wellbeing Directory

See all 6 articles

Detained in public 3

• Your rights when subject to a stop and search
• Police Powers
• West Midlands Street Triage

Know your rights 4

• Stop and Search: Know Your Rights
• Y-Stop stop and search app
• The INQUEST handbook
• VoiceAbility: Independent Mental Health Advocacy

Support for detainees 14

• Howard League for Penal Reform
• Asylum Welcome
• Prison Reform Trust
• RAPAR
• AVID, The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees

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Detainees family / friends 9

• Counselling Directory
• ASIRT Asylum Support and Immigration
• Hope Projects
• EIN Electronic Immigration Network
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants

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Know your rights 5

• Netpol : How to spot an immigration raid
• Y-Stop stop and search app
• INQUEST Family Skills Toolkit
• Making a complaint to The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
• The INQUEST handbook

Refugee and asylum advisory 9

• Birmingham Churches Together - Restore
• BIRCH Birmingham Community Hosting Network
• Asylum Aid
• European Council on Refugees and Exiles
• European Network on Statelessness

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All categories / civil law 11

• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• NETPOL Solicitors Guide (General)
• BMV Solicitors
• Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors
• Hickman & Rose Solicitors

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Prison & detention 3

• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• NETPOL Solicitors Guide (Prison)
• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors

Police & detention 3

• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• NETPOL Solicitors Guide (Civil)
• Hudgell Solicitors

Refugee / asylum & detention 2

• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• Bhatt Murphy & Co Solicitors

Representation / Injury / medical compensation 3

• Irwin Mitchell Legal Services / Solicitors
• Solicitors – Free Help & Funding
• Hudgell Solicitors

Inquest proceedings 3

• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• Deighton Pierce Glynn Solicitors
• Hickman & Rose Solicitors

Charitable organisations 29

• INQUEST
• POhWER: advocacy & support
• The Refugee Council
• Mind - Mental Health Charity
• Rethink - Mental Illness

See all 29 articles

Campaigning groups 14

• 4WardEver UK
• United Families & Friends Campaign
• Detention Action
• BID, Bail for Immigration Detainees
• Freedom from Torture

See all 14 articles

Counselling & Therapy services 8

• Counselling Directory
• Cruse Bereavement Care - National
• Open Door Youth Counselling Service
• Pattigift Therapy - African centred therapy
• Birmingham Healthy Minds

See all 8 articles

Statutory & regulatory agencies 9

• Independent Advisory Panel (IAP) on Deaths in Custody
• BACP - British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy
• Immigration Law Practitioners' Association
• Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
• AVID, The Association of Visitors to Immigration Detainees

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Children, Young People & Families 11

• The Children's Society
• Rape and Sexual Violence Project
• United Families & Friends Campaign
• Refugee Action
• End Violence Against Women Coalition

See all 11 articles

Wellbeing Initiatives 8

• Common Unity
• Entraide
• WAITS Action
• Sandwell African-Caribbean Mental Health Foundation
• COPE Mental Health Foundation

See all 8 articles

General guidance / manuals 17

• When is CCTV covered by the Data Protection Act?
• INQUEST Family Skills Toolkit
• Making a complaint to the IOPC (previously the IPCC)
• Legal / casework help
• The Samaritans

See all 17 articles

Stop & search 3

• Stop and Search: Know Your Rights
• Your rights when subject to a stop and search
• Y-Stop stop and search app

Police arrests, rights & filming 9

• Can I legally film the police? (Netpol)
• Metropolitan Police : Photography advice
• Netpol : What is a bust card?
• Policing the Police: Overview and update on statutory framework
• Identifying police ranks

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Legal support & legal aid 7

• Inside Time - Solicitor Search
• NETPOL Solicitor Guide
• INQUEST Lawyers Group
• AVMA - Action against medical accidents
• EIN Electronic Immigration Network

See all 7 articles

Emergency & Help Lines 8

• Who to contact if you need urgent support
• For non-emergency situations
• Mental health services
• How to get emotional support
• Mental Health A-Z

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Statistics & Research 9

• Deaths in Immigration Detention 1989 - 2014
• IOPC Records (previously the IPCC)
• INQUEST Statistics
• The IAP - Analysis of all recorded deaths
• 4WardEver Research & Reports Archive

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