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Money Made Clear
www.moneymadeclear.org.uk
Impartial information about money, budgeting, rent and mortgages, studying, families, separation and divorce and planning for retirement.  There are also factsheets, tools and news updates.

Money Basics
http://www.moneybasics.co.uk/
MoneyBasics is a partnership between Credit Action, Consumer Credit Counselling Service and GE Money. Its aim is to provide simple, clear and independent information about money and includes
budget calculators.

Money Saving Expert
www.moneysavingexpert.com
Tips on how to save money and claim entitlements.

Grants and Funding - Advice on funding and grants for all sorts of purposes, including home improvement, utility arrears, energy efficiency and making your home safe.
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/protect/grant-grabbing

Tax Help for Older People (TOP)
Tax Help is provided by Tax Volunteers, an independent organisation, to make free professional advice on personal tax available to older people who could not otherwise afford to pay for it.
www.taxvol.org.uk/

Citizens Advice Bureau, National Association of (NACAB)
www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Tel: 020 7833 2181
Myddleton House, 115-123 Pentonville Road, London N1 9LZ
Information and Advice. You can search the CAB directory on the CAB website to locate your local CAB.

Debt Help Scotland
www.debthelpscotland.co.uk
Freephone: 0800 0182001
Free debt advice for residents of Scotland.

Debt Questions
www.debtquestions.co.uk
Debt Advice and Online Forum.

The Office of Fair Trading
www.oft.gov.uk
Tel: 08457 224499 (local rate)
Information on consumer rights.

Payplan
www.payplan.com
Freephone: 0800 716239
Free debt management planning, budgetting advice and specialists in IVAs the alternative to bankruptcy.

Consumer Credit Counselling Service
www.cccs.co.uk
Free anonymous debt advice from the UK’s leading debt charity

National Debtline
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
National Debtline is a national telephone helpline for people with debt problems in England, Wales and Scotland. The service is free, confidential and independent.