HIVE Directory: Financial & Legal Support

Portsmouth Water offers assistance to people struggling to pay their water bills.

We provide lifelong support to those who are serving or have served in the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Marines or the Royal Air Force, and to their families. Founded in 1885, we’re extremely proud of our long-standing heritage and of all the work we do with inspiring people from Hampshire, across the UK and around the world.

Our support covers both regulars and reserves in the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the British Army and the Royal Air Force and their families, including anyone who has completed National Service. They are all entitled to lifelong support from SSAFA, no matter how long they have served.

Overview - If you live or work in the Portsmouth area, you can get free and confidential civil legal advice from our General Legal Advice Clinic. Help with landlord & tenant and other housing issues; employment matters; contact with children and other family enquiries; consumer and contract matters. We cannot help with criminal matters, immigration law or cases involving the university. We are currently unable to offer representation.

We are currently able to offer face-to-face, telephone and email advice.

Face-to-face service appointments are held in the Portland Building at the University of Portsmouth.

When the clinic is open, appointments are available at either 10:00am or 2:00pm.

Veterans Outreach Support (VOS) offers Welfare, Wellbeing and Clinical provision to UK Armed Forces & Merchant Navy Veterans, as well as to spouses/partners.

In addition to running monthly Drop-In facilities, we organise wellbeing activities throughout the month and enable access to bespoke welfare and mental health support.

VOS is an Armed Forces Covenant Employer. We support and encourage service spouses, veterans and reservists in the workplace.

Not-for-profit community banking since 2001.

Genuine social-impact banking.

We are for people who want to invest or borrow with a not-for-profit bank. Simple.