Easy-read guides

These guides use shorter sentences and simpler words. They cover the same topics as our standard guides. Each one links to the full guide if you want more detail.

• Housing & Renting

  Homelessness Support in the UK

  If you have nowhere to live, or you might lose your home soon, the council must help you. You do not have to wait until you are on the street.

• Family & Relationships

  Domestic Abuse Legal Protection

  If someone is hurting you or making you feel afraid, you can ask for help. The law can stop someone from contacting or coming near you.

• Digital Rights

  Removing Intimate Image Abuse (Revenge Porn)

  If someone has shared private photos or videos of you without your permission, this is a crime. You can get help to have them removed.

• Digital Rights

  Dealing with Cyberstalking

  If someone is using the internet to scare or follow you, this is a crime. The police and courts can stop them.

• Mental Health Law

  Section 136: Police Powers

  If you are in a mental health crisis, the police can take you somewhere safe to be looked after. This is called Section 136. It is not an arrest.