Welcome to the Nottinghamshire Unemployed Workers Centre Website. We are a Charitable Voluntary Organisation providing free welfare rights and debt advice to people in Nottinghamshire.

On our website you can find out more information about our organisation, our staff and volunteers and the services that we provide.

Our Organisation has its origins in the closure of the collieries in the Nottinghamshire Coalfield in the 1980s. As a response to the social and economic disruption brought about by the closures, the Trade Union Movement in Mansfield set up what was then the Mansfield Unemployed Workers Centre principally to ensure that redundant mineworkers were able to access the financial support available to them through the welfare benefits system. Since then, the organisation has expanded to provide advice to all Nottinghamshire residents irrespective of their employment status and not only limited to welfare rights issues but also on debt matters. We also provide a Court Representation Service.

Our reputation for providing good quality advice has been acknowledged by the award of the Legal Services Commission Special Quality Mark for our Welfare Rights work.

Whether you need help accessing the welfare benefits system, are struggling to deal with creditors or you are facing repossession or other legal action, we are here to support you and to share our expertise with you.