Citizens Advice Bureaux
Citizens Advice Bureaux provide free, confidential and independent advice on issues such as housing, legal, money, debt, repossession and welfare benefits. Find your local bureau in Somerset or visit Adviceguide for practical, reliable, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics and factsheets to download.
Citizens Advice
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Community Legal Advice
Community Legal Advice offers free, confidential and independent legal advice for residents of England and Wales who are on a low income.
Community Legal Advice
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Credit Unions
Credit Unions offer savings and great value loans to it members. In Somerset there are four Credit Unions with service points in towns throughout the County.
Camelot Credit Union Ltd (South Somerset District)
Mendip Community Credit Union Ltd (Mendip District)
Moorvale Credit Union Ltd (Taunton Deane and West Somerset Districts)
Sedgemoor Savers (Sedgemoor District)
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Shelter
Shelter offers help with housing, mortgage debt or problems with welfare benefits. It operates a national homeowners helpline on 0300 3300 515 to provide expert help. Shelter have an office in Taunton and can be accessed on 0800 169 0317.
Shelter
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Need a home improvement loan?
Wessex Home Improvement Loans offer low cost finance to homeowners for essential maintenance and improvement works to their property.
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To see if you are eligible for Council tax benefit to help with your council tax bills, to get advice about a homelessness application or to register with Homefinder Somerset, contact your local Council. You can also contact them for other housing advice. All of the district Councils in Somerset are offering the Mortgage Rescue Scheme. Depending on which district you live you in click on one of the following:
Mendip District Council: Sedgemoor District Council: Taunton Deane Council: West Somerset District Council: South Somerset District Council
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National Debtline helps you to deal with debt issues. You can also download and print a personal budget sheet and self help pack.
National Debtline Consumer Credit Counselling Services offers you help to deal with several debts.
CCCS
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Mortgage help is a government website dedicated to helping homeowners that are worried about their mortgage or in mortgage arrears.
Mortgage help
The Somerset Mortgage Advice Line gives advice and support to people in Somerset that are worried about their mortgage.
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For information and advice on Pension Credit, if you are over the state pension age, phone 0800 99 1234.
Pension Credit
For information about Tax Credits phone 0845 300 3900. 9 out of 10 families with children are entitled to tax credits. But you don't need to have children to qualify. Click what are tax credits to find out how much you could get.
Tax Credits
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