Get help
Draft precisely. File in your name. Appeal if you must.
Most refusals we see are not cover-ups — they are answers to badly framed questions. Our RTI clinics help you ask for the right records from the right authority.
How RTI assistance works here
The Right to Information Act is one of the most useful tools ordinary people have for holding public authorities to account — when the request is framed well. Our desk runs clinics where you bring your draft (or your refusal) and we work through it together: the authority, the fee, the documents sought, and what to do if the reply is evasive or late.
We do not file applications on your behalf. The request must be submitted by you, in your name, so that the right of appeal remains yours. We help with drafting, understanding replies, and planning first appeals — not with impersonating you before an information commission.
Before you come to a clinic
- Identify the public authority that holds the records you need
- List the specific documents or records, not the outcome you want explained
- Bring any draft you have written, or the reply you received
- Know the date you filed, if you have already submitted a request
Ask for records, not explanations
The RTI Act gives access to information held by a public authority. Rewrite every question as a document you want to see.
Be specific enough to be answerable
Name the document, its identifier, the place, and the date range. Vague requests invite refusals on proportionality grounds.
File in your own name
We help you draft — you file. That keeps the right of first appeal and subsequent review with you, not with us.
Request assistance
Tell us where you are in the process
Whether you have not filed yet or received a reply you do not understand, complete the form and our RTI desk will write back to arrange a clinic slot.