Useful Contact Information

Click on the individual links to be taken to the external website of your choice:

• Wigan Council Website
  Click the link above to go to the main Wigan Council Website
• Asylum Seekers
  Asylum seekers....the facts
• Audit Commission
  An independent body responsible for ensuring that public money is used economically, efficiently and effectively.
• Available HOMES
  Help finding Properties for rent, shared ownership properties, and homeswaps.
• Big Issue In The North
  The Big Issue is an organisation which helps the Homeless.
• Chartered Institute Of Housing
  Chartered Institute of Housing.
• Citizens Advice Bureaux
  Help and advice on a variety of subjects.
• Contact Centre
  Wigan and Leigh Housing's Contact Centre is the first point of contact for all housing enquiries.
• Direct Gov
  Publications available regarding housing issues.
• Community Protection
  Wigan Council's Community Protection Department provides a range of housing related services for the Borough's 131,000 homes.
• Greater Manchester Fire
  Fire safety advice, including the 'Target Fire' self assessment facility.
• Shelternet
  General advice about Housing, Homelessness, Renting & Ownership.
• Tenant Advisory Service
  Provides information, advice, training, consultancy, seminars and conferences on all aspects of involving tenants in their housing management.
• TV Licensing
  Advice and information about obtaining a TV license.
• Unify
  A financial co-operative run by its members and based in Wigan