Boscombe Independent Advice Centre is a service which will provide an impartial, generic community based legal advice service to individuals and families in Boscombe who are financially and socially disadvantaged. Boscombe West is the most deprived ward in the borough of Bournemouth with high unemployment, poor health and lower than average life expectancy. Local residents struggle to access advice on welfare benefits, employment, debt and housing and many do not get the advice they need.