Links

Office of Fair Trading

Application forms for category D & E licenses for centres just starting up

HM Revenue & Customs

Government department responsible for the collection of Income Tax, National Insurance and VAT, and for the administration of Tax Credits and Child Benefit

Department for Work and Pensions

Downloadable application forms and information leaflets on a variety of benefits

Credit Action

Information and training provider in money education. Also produce useful up to date UK debt statistics

Stewardship

Helping churches and christian charities with giving, legal and financial administration, including a broad range of practical downloadable resources

AdviceUK

The UK's largest network of independent advice agencies, ensuring access to good qualify information, advice services and professional indemnity insurance

Insitute of Money Advisers

Promotes free and independent money advice services and supports individual money advice workers

Wiseradviser

Access to skilled and specialist level training including Debt Relief Orders. All courses are free to CMA members.

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)

Promotes action for the relief of poverty among children and families with children. Publishes many essential handbooks for debt advisers that can be ordered online

Turn2Us

Helps people in financial need access the money available to them – through welfare benefits, grants and other financial help

Crown Financial Ministries

Produces study programmes and resources equipping people to learn, apply and teach God's financial principles. For use in churches or at home

Information Commission Office

Online application forms to sign the Data Protection Register

Court Services

Access to court procedure information leaflets and forms

Insolvency services

Download bankruptcy application forms and order plain English guides to a variety of aspects of insolvency

Criminal Record Bureau

Source of information on the whole process of CRB checks for advisers

Baptist Union of Great Britain

Information on the joint provision of money awareness facilitation days

Acts 435

A facility for making specific donations to individuals in need in the UK

Shelter

Shelter's housing and debt advice pages

The Cinnamon Network

A community of charities and church denominations sharing successful local church based social action projects across the UK

Scottish Specific Links

Money Advice Scotland

National umbrella organisation that promotes the development of free face to face debt advice in Scotland. Also manges WiserAdviser in Scotland

Accountancy in Bankruptcy - Insolvancy

Responsible for administrating the process of personal bankruptcy in Scotland. Provides useful information on insolvancy options

Scottish Courts

Access to Scottish court procedure information leaflets and forms

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland

Promotes action for the relief of poverty among children and families with children. Publishes many essential handbooks for debt advisers that can be ordered online

Scottish Centre for Voluntary Organisations

Some excellent advice on the best structure for setting up your own charity, also includes model constitutions

Disclosure Scotland

Source of information on the whole process of PVG checks for advisers