Case Studies Archive - Debt Advice Foundation

An Unexpected Illness

My husband and I are in our late fifties and both had jobs that gave us security and financial independence.  Unfortunately, I became ill and had to give up work. We began to miss payments on our loans, credit cards and even our mortgage.  The fees and charges stated to stack up.  Our unsecured debts […]

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Reduced Working Hours

I’m 25, in a good job, and my finances have never been a big problem for me. But when the credit crunch caused difficulties for my company, things started to drift Firstly, my working hours were cut by a fifth. That didn’t seem like a disaster at first, but a lot of my outgoings were unavoidable and […]

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The Married Couple

We are in our early thirties and it was fantastic news when we found out my wife was pregnant. We were delighted, but what we perhaps hadn’t realised was just how big an impact it would have on our day-to-day income – The amount we earned fell by almost half. A combination of different expenses and interest […]

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