Important Sites

Following sites provide mostly free and valuable information.¹

Citizens' Advice

• Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)
  • Independent advice on your rights
• Citizens Advice Scotland
  • Provides essential services to Scottish citizens
• Citizens Advice: Northern Ireland
  • Seeks to ensure that people in Northern Ireland are informed and able to get the best possible advice on dealing with money and debt issues.
• Advice UK
• • UK's largest support network for free, independent advice centres
• Relate
• • Relationship counselling
  • Tel: 0845 130 4016
• Samaritans
• • Tel: 0845 790 9090
• Shelter
• • Free housing advice
  • Tel: 0808 800 4444
• Crisis
• • Help for homeless
  • Tel: 0844 251 0111
• Cruse
• • Advice and support for bereaved families
  • Tel: 0870 167 1677
• Lone Parent Helpline
• • Advice on maintenance, benefits and money
  • Tel: 0800 018 5026
• Disability Benefits Enquiry
• • Tel: 0800 88 22 00
• Tax Credits Helpline
• • Tel: 0845 300 3900

Debt Advice

• National Debt Line
  • Free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with debt problems
  • Tel: 0808 808 4000
• Consumer Credit Counselling Service
  • Charity providing free and confidential counselling on money management and advice on dealing with your creditors
• Money Advice Scotland
• • Up to date details of advice agencies throughout Scotland who provide a free, independent, impartial and confidential money advice service.
• The Myvesta Foundation
• • Free debt advice and assistance offered by not-for-profit group. You can discuss your situation by staying anonymous.

Housing

• Housing Corporation
• • For a list of housing associations
  • Tel: 0845 230 7000 
• Association of Residential Letting Agents
• • Tel: 01926 496 800
• Residential Landlords Association
• • Residential landlords
  • Tel: 0161 962 0011
• National Landlords Association
• • Tel: 0207 840 8900 
• National Association of Estate Agents
• • Tel: 01926 496 800  Legal

Legal Advice

• Community Legal Service Direct
• • Free high-quality legal information

Credit Referencing

• Equifax
• • Leading credit reference agency
  • Tel: 0845 600 1772
• Experian 
• • Leading credit reference agency
  • Tel: 0870 241 6212

Financial Authorities

• Financial Services Authority (FSA)
• • Consumer helpline
  • Tel: 0845 606 1234
• Financial Ombusdman Service
• • For complaints about lenders and financial products
  • Tel: 0845 080 1800

Miscelleneous

• Rogue Estate Agents
• • Property listed with your estate agent? Majority of agents are decent & hard working professionals. But a small minority have been known to  indulge into unethical, dishonest and corrupt practices. How? This external websites lists some examples.
• Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
• • Tel: 0845 722 4499
• Council of Mortgage Lenders
  Tel: 0207 437 0075

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