Civil Legal Advice (CLA) is a free and independent service paid for by legal aid, to help families on a low income or on benefits.

If you’re eligible, you can get help from CLA for problems including:

• debt, if your home is at risk
• housing, if you’re homeless or at risk of being evicted
• domestic abuse
• separating from an abusive partner, when you’re making arrangements for children or sorting out money and property
• a child being taken into care
• special education needs
• discrimination
• some child abduction cases