If you require further information you may find the following internet links useful. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites The CCCS is a registered charity which aims to assist people who are in financial difficulty by providing free, independent, impartial and realistic advice. The CCCS freephone helpline is open from 0800 GMT to 2000 GMT Monday to Friday. Tel: 0800 138 1111 National Debtline is a national telephone helpline for people with debt problems in England, Scotland and Wales. The service is free, confidential and independent. Helpline: 0808 808 4000 Credit Action is a national money education charity. Telephone: 0207 436 9937 E-mail: [email protected] Citizens Advice provides free, confidential, and independent advice from over 3,200 locations. Advice is available face-to-face, by telephone, and sometimes by e-mail. Most bureaux offer home visits. Debt and You is a free online advice service run by Gregory Pennington Debt Management, a financial management company that specialises in consumer debt management. Telephone: 0800 9705479 E-mail: [email protected] Business Debtline is a helpline that provides free, confidential and independent advice to small businesses about how to deal with debt problems. Telephone: 0800 1976026 Credit history/reference agencies Individual Voluntary Arrangements (IVAs) and bankuptcy Mortgage arrears and repossessions Other useful links Help with housing costs Illness and disability General enquiries about Attendance Allowance and Disability Living Allowance: 0845 7 12 34 56 Disability Law Service National Adviceline 020 7791 9800
Minicom: 020 7791 9801 Looking for work Job Centre Plus: Benefit claims 0800 055 6688 Job Centre Plus: Looking for work 0845 6000 644 Managing on a low income/on benefits Tax Credits HMRC Tax Credits helpline: 0845 300 3900 Parents and children Child Benefit Enquiry Line: 0845 302 1444 Pensioners and older people DWP: Pension Credit Application Line 0800 99 1234. DWP: Pensions Direct 0845 301 3011 DWP: State Pension Forecast 0845 300 0168 DWP: Winter Fuel Payment Helpline: 0845 9 15 15 15 The Pensions Advisory Service - helpline 0845 601 2923 Age Concern - information line: 0800 00 99 66 Help the Aged - Seniorline: 0808 800 6565 Carers DWP: General enquiries about Carer's Allowance 01253 85 61 23 Widows and widowers TAX
Self assessment HM Revenue & Customs has a self assessment helpline which is open every day including bank holidays, but not including 25 & 26 December and 1 January, from 0800 GMT to 2000 GMT: 0845 900 0444, or from outside the UK +44 161 931 9070. Shares and investments FSA Consumer Contact Centre
(call rates may vary) 8am and 6pm Monday to Friday:
Main number - 0845 606 1234
Minicom/textphone - 0845 730 0104
From overseas - 020 7066 1000 (main switchboard) Finding financial advice Financial Services Compensation Scheme FSCS Consumer Helpline: 020 7892 7300 FSA Consumer Helpline: From UK: 0845 606 1234 General information Industry bodies Mortgage comparison sites Mortgage brokers
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