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Where to get advice
- Salford Citizen's Advice Bureaux
- Citizen's Advice
- CLS Direct
- TUC Centre
- Department of Trade & Industry Insolvency
Service
Advice on bankruptcy and insolvency both for yourself and companies. - Energywatch
Energywatch - an independent consumer organisation created by Parliament to protect the interests of all energy consumers. - Financial Ombudsman Service
The Financial Ombudsman Service - provides consumers with a free, independent service for resolving disputes with financial firms. - Financial Services Authority
The Financial Services Authority is an independent body which regulates the financial services industry in the UK. We have four main aims: maintain confidence in the UK financial system; promote public understanding of the financial system; secure an appropriate degree of protection for consumers; and contribute to reducing financial crime. - Inland Revenue Service
Web site featuring news and information on tax and national insurance matters in the United Kingdom. Responsible for the administration of income tax, national insurance contributions and corporation tax. - OFGEM - Office of Gas and Electricity Markets
OFGEM is the regulator for Britain's gas and electricity industry. - OFTEL - Office of Telecommunications
Welcome to Oftel - The UK regulator for the telecommunications industry. - OFWAT - Office of Water Services
Welcome to the Office of Water Services (OFWAT), the economic regulator for the water industry in England and Wales. - Shelter: The National Campaign for Homeless People
Shelter is the national campaigning charity for homeless and badly housed people. - The Court Service
The Court Service web site offering online statutory forms in PDF format enabling you to complete them as required by the courts. - Trading Standards
This web site is a free online service, which allows you to make a consumer complaint to your local Trading Standards Service concerning any consumer problem you feel should be investigated or where you need advice.
- AdviceNow
AdviceNow is a project of Advice Services Alliance bringing together information on the law and your rights from a wide range of advice and information services - Age Concern
Promotes the well being of older people. - EntitledTo
EntitledTo provides free calculators to help you work out your entitlement to benefits and tax credits
Just Ask! is the web site of the Community Legal Service. We're your first port of call for legal help and information in England and Wales.
- Manchester Online
Web site for news, sport, business, entertainment and lots more on Manchester. - National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau
Adviceguide web site giving basic advice and information on your rights and provides a broad outline of where you stand and what you can do.
Greater Manchester Local Authority Sites
- Bolton
Web site of Bolton. - Bury Metro
Bury Metropolitan web site - Lancashire County Council
Web site of Lancashire County Council. - Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council's web site. One of the largest local authorities in the UK. - Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
The web site for Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council from Oldham, England UK. - Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council
Web site of the Metropolitan Borough of Rochdale. - Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
Web site of the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. - Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
Web site of the Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. - Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
Web site of the Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. - Wigan Council
Web site of the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.
- GL24
Application form for appealing social security benefit decisions. - Invalid Care Allowance - DS700
Claim Invalid Care Allowance on form DS700. - OSSC1
Application for leave to appeal to the Social Security Commissioner. - Social Fund SF100SM Sure Start Maternity Grant
Claim a Sure Start Maternity Grant on form SF100 Sure Start. - Social Fund SF200 Funeral Payment
Claim a Funeral Payment on form SF200. - Social Fund SF300 Community Care Grant
Claim a Community Care Grant on form SF300. - Social Fund SF401 Crisis Loan
Claim a Crisis Loan on form SF401. - Social Fund SF500 Budgeting Loan
Claim a Budgeting Loan on form SF500.
- Child Support Agency
The Child Support Agency Online. Useful links to other sites and government publications on child support. - Department for Work and Pensions
Delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people. - GMWRAG
The web site of the Greater Manchester Welfare Rights Advisers Group: an umbrella group for all welfare rights advisers across Greater Manchester. - Housing Benefit Information
An independent web site for advisers and professionals working in housing benefits or related housing/welfare benefits areas. - Independent Review Service
The Independent Review Service carries out independent reviews for dissatisfied customers of the discretionary Social Fund. - JobCentre Plus
Service for people of working age who are looking for work or claiming benefits. It will give people the help and support they need to find work and become independent. - Neighbourhood Statistics
National Statistics web site providing statistics on Income Support and Benefits claimants in Salford. - RightsNet
Breaking news and the latest information on legislative changes, policy & case law developments and more. - The Appeals Service
The Service arranges and hears appeals on decisions on; Social Security, Child Support, Housing Benefit, Council Tax Benefit, Vaccine Damage, Tax Credit and Compensation Recovery. - The Pensions Service
Delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of pensionable age.
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