Useful Links

There are many organisations offering free help and advice on a wide range of issues, including advice on solving debt problems and legal advice.

For many people these organisations can provide the advice that they need to meet their objectives. We have provided the contact details of some of these organisations below.

Financial Services Authority (FSA)
The FSA are the UK's financial watchdog set up by the government to regulate financial services and protect your rights by providing information about financial products and services to help make them clearer for you. Find out more

Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice Bureau offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. Your local Citizens Advice Bureau is listed in the phone book.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/cabdir.ihtml

Advice UK
Represents about 900 independent advice agencies in the UK providing generic advice. Contact them to find the advice agency nearest to you.
www.adviceuk.org.uk

National Debtline
The helpline that provides free confidential and independent advice on how to deal with personal debts.
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk

Consumer Credit Counselling Service
A registered charity whose purpose is to assist people who are in financial difficulty by providing free, independent, impartial and realistic advice.
www.cccs.co.uk

The Community Legal Service
Aims to ensure that people in England and Wales find the right legal help easily and can be confident of the service they get.
www.clsdirect.org.uk

Citizens Advice Scotland
Citizens Advice Bureau Scotland offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. Your local CAS is listed in the phone book.
www.cas.org.uk

Money Advice Scotland
Promoting high-quality, free, confidential, independent and impartial money (debt) advice.
www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk

Directgov
Directgov brings together the widest range of public service information and services online. Produced by the Central Office of Information, Directgov provides information from across UK government departments.
www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm