Your Money
This section outlines organisations that can help you manage your money. It also gives information about tax, pensions and benefits offices, and how to make a will.
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Managing your money
Advice and help with managing your money is available at the local citizens advice bureaux. The organisations listed here can give you advice and information on specific money issues. The Direct Gov website money in retirement section (external link) is a good place to start looking for help and advice.
|back to topConsumer credit and debt
Consumer Credit Counselling Service (external link) gives advice to people experiencing money difficulties.
Freephone: 0800 13 81 111
Association of British Credit Unions Ltd (external link). Credit unions are financial co-operatives owned and controlled by their members. They offer savings and great value loans plus they are local, ethical and know what their members want.
National Debtline (external link) provides advice and help with dealing with personal debt problems.
Tel: 0808 808 4000
The UK Insolvency Helpline (external link) provides advice on debt to individuals, companies and organisations.
Freephone: 0800 074 6918
Tax
HM Revenue and Customs (formerly Inland Revenue) (external link) lists various helplines offering advice and help on tax issues.
Taxaid (external link) offers free tax advice to people in financial need, promotes public understanding of tax, and presses for a simpler and fairer tax system.
Tel: 0845 120 3779
Pensions
The Pension Service (external link) provides information about pensions and pensioner benefits.
PO Box 1005
Newcastle upon Tyne NE98 1WZ
Tel: 0845 606 0265
Fax: 0191 218 6061
Textphone: 0845 606 0285
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am to 8.00pm
The Pensions Advisory Service (TPAS) (external link) is an independent non-profit organisation that provides free information, advice and guidance.
|back to topBenefits
Local Benefits Agency Offices:
- Highgate
Tel: 0845 37 70 002 - Tottenham
Tel: 020 8365 5200 - Wood Green
Tel: 020 8899 3200
Benefits in Retirement advice from Direct Gov (external link) contains a wide range of information including pension credit, cold weather payments, crisis loans, veterans benefits and pensions, winter fuel payments and more.
Benefits Enquiry Line is a confidential telephone service available for people who are sick or disabled, carers and representatives.
Tel: 0800 88 22 00
Textphone for people with hearing or speech problems: 0800 24 33 55
You can also use the RNID Typetalk service
Email: Bel-Customer-Services@dwp.gsi.gov.uk
Making a will
Making a will is the only way to make sure that the savings and property that you have built up during your lifetime will benefit the people and causes closest to your heart. There are several will writing services that you can use as an alternative to a solicitor. These may or may not be appropriate for your needs and you should seek advice about which of these best fits your needs.
Age Concern (external link) offer factsheets and magazines to help you prepare your will.
Help the Aged (external link) aims to prepare you to make your will and guides you through all the things you may need to document before going to see a solicitor.
The Society of Will Writers (external link) is a non-profit-making self-regulatory organisation offering consumer advice on wills.
|back to topFinancial scams
Every day, people throughout the UK are falling victim to scams of one kind or another. It could be an unexpected prize draw or lottery win, or a chance to invest in an exciting new money-making or investment programme. But remember - if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Visit the scam section of the Consumer Direct website (external link) for up to date advice.
They also provide useful advice on how to deal with Doorstep Callers (external link).
|back to topIndependent advice
Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulates financial services and protects consumers. Its Money Made Clear website (external link) can tell you if a firm is authorised, and help you if you have a complaint and don’t know who to contact.
Tel: 0845 60 61 234
Consumer Direct (external link) is the government-funded telephone and online service offering information and advice on consumer issues.
Tel: 08454 04 05 06
Money Saving Expert website (external link) contains lots of useful tips and advice on how to save money.
|back to topOther sources of information
Age Concern England (external link) have a wide range of income, finance, benefits, retirement and pension information fact sheets
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Update MePage Last Updated: 8 September 2008
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