Useful Links

Please note that Debt Advice Foundation is not responsible for the content of external websites.

• ABCUL (ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CREDIT UNIONS LTD) - A trade association providing information about UK Credit Unions.
• ADVICENOW - Advicenow is an independent, not-for-profit website providing accurate, up-to-date information on rights and legal issues.
• ADVICE UK - UK-wide network of advice centers.
• AGE UK - Formerly Age Concern, offers help and advice on a wide range of subjects that are relevant to older people.
• ALZEMHIERS SOCIETY - Help and information for the families and sufferers of dementia.
• BRITISH GAS ENERGY TRUST - Offers help with bankruptcy fees.
• BUSINESS DEBTLINE - Offers advice to small businesses.
• CAB ADVICE GUIDE - Citizens Advice guide covering a wide range of legal and financial subjects.
• CERTIFIED BAILIFF - Enables you to search for a bailiff and see which organisation they're working for.
• CHILDCARE LINK - Help with finding childcare providers in your area.
• CONSUMER DIRECT - Advice on consumer issues. Funded by Office of Fair Trading
• COUNSELLING DIRECTORY - DEBT MANAGEMENT - An online support network of UK Counsellors and Psychotherapists able to help with a range of mental health problems including debt..
• DIRECTGOV - Government portal offering help and advice across a wide range of subjects, from money, tax and benefits to pensions, health and employment matters.
• DISABILITY ALLIANCE UK - National registered charity which works to relieve the poverty and improve the living standards of disabled people.
• DIVORCE AID - UK's leading divorce resource for divorce advice and personal help.
• ENERY SAVING TRUST - An impartial body that offers advice about saving energy.
• FAMILIES NEED FATHERS - Helps make sure parental access doesn't become an issue that effects children during relationship difficulties.
• FINANCIAL OMBUDSMAN SERVICES - Resolves disputes between consumers and businesses that provide financial services.
• FINANCIAL SERVICE AUTHORITY'S MONEY ADVICE SERVICE - FSA funded website providing impartial advice on financial matters.
• GAMCARE - Information and counselling for anyone affected by gambling.
• THE INFORMATION COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE (ICO) - If you think you have been refused credit unfairly, or want to know how to access information that financial companies hold about you, the ICO can provide you with advice.
• INSOLVENCY SERVICE - Information on IVAs, DROs and Bankruptcy.
• INSTITUTE OF WELFARE - Organisation for welfare practitioners undertaking a broad range of social welfare roles.
• MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT - Provides practical, medical and financial support to cancer sufferers and their families.
• MIND - Provides practical, medical and financial support to cancer sufferers and their families.
• MONEY ADVICE AND BUDGETING SERVICE (IRELAND) - MABS is a free, independent service for residents of Ireland that are in debt or in danger of getting into debt.
• MONEY ADVICE TRUST - The Money Advice Trust (MAT) is a charity formed in 1991 to increase the quality and availability of free, independent money advice in the UK.
• MONEY SAVING EXPERT - Practical saving advice from consumer champion Martin Lewis.
• NATIONAL DEBTLINE - Indepedent national debt charity.
• NEW LIFE NETWORK - Practical redundancy and careers advice.
• NHS CHOICES - NHS Choices is the online 'front door' to the NHS. It is the country's biggest health website and gives all the information you need to make choices about your health.
• PRINCE'S TRUST - UK charity helping young people move into work, education or training.
• OFFICE OF FAIR TRADING - UK charity helping people to take control over their mental health.
• SAMARITANS - Provides confidential, non-judgemental emotional support, 24 hours a day for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair.
• SHELTER - Web advice from the housing rights experts.
• STUDENT LOANS - Information on tuition fees and student loans.
• TURN 2 US - An independent charity that helps people access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other help.
• UPDATE - National disability information service based in Scotland.
• USWITCH - Compares different utility suppliers in your area to give you the best deal.
• VERTEX42 - Vertex42 has a number of free downloadable financial calculators.
• WOMEN'S AID - Women's Aid is the key national charity working to end domestic violence against women and children.
• YOUNG SCOT - Young Scot is the National Youth Information and Citizenship Agency for Scotland.
• ZERO CREDIT - Practical lifestyle tips on how to avoid the need for credit.

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