In debt and need help?

If you are in debt you should seek expert advice without delay.

Sources of advice for people in Lambeth

• Centre 70 Advice Centre -
  Advice on housing, welfare rights, employment, debt and consumer issues. Languages Portuguese, Spanish, Punjabi, Hindi and Gujarati with access to interpreters and British Sign language. Phone 020 8670 0070 Fax 020 8761 3255 | email
  Address: 46 Knights Hill West Norwood London SE27 0JD
  Centre70 Advice Sheet on legal advice and help

• Lambeth Law Centre
  Unit 47 Eurolink Business Centre 49 Effra Road London SW2 1BZ Advice Line 020 7737 9780 Fax: 020 7274 7386 | email | Hours Monday-Friday 10am-6pm

• Citizens Advice Bureau Streatham
  Ilex House 1 Barrhill Road Streatham Hill SW2 4RJ. Phone 020 8715 0707 | website |

• Brixton Advice Centre
  167 Railton Road SE24 OLU | website | email | Phone 020 7733 7554

• Clapham Community Project
  St. Anne's Hall Venn Street SW4 0AX Phone/Fax 020 7720 8731 | Advice Line 020 7627 0240 email website

• Waterloo Action Centre
  14 Baylis Road SE1 7AA | website Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9.30am/12.30pm. Provides general advice service which is available to Lambeth residents

• Lambeth Council's benefit take-up campaign
  Every Pound Counts, Phoenix House, 10 Wandsworth Road London SW8 2LL
  020 7926 5555 website | email

Useful Helplines and websites
(information supplied by Centre 70)

GENERAL & LEGAL ADVICE
Advice Now www.advicenow.org.uk  
Citizen Advice www.adviceguide.org.uk   
Community Legal Advice 0845 345 4345, www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Liberty (Human Rights) 0845 123 2307 www.yourrights.org.uk
Equality/Human Rights Commission 0845 6046610
www.equalityhumanrights.com

DEBT & CONSUMER
National Debtline 0808 808 4000 www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
Business Debtline 0800 197 6026 www.bdl.org.uk
Consumer Direct 0845 404 0506 www.consumerdirect.gov.uk
Energywatch 0845 906 0708 www.energywatch.org.uk
Financial Services Authority (FSA) 0845 606 1234, www.fsa.gov.uk
Office of Fair Trading (OFT) 0845 722 4499 www.oft.gov.uk
Office of Gas & Electricity Markets (OFGEM), 0845 906 0708 www.ofgem.gov.uk
Office of Communications (OFCOM) 0845 456 3000, www.ofcom.org.uk
Office of Telecommunications Ombudsman 0845 050 1614 www.otelo.org.uk
Office of Water Services (OFWAT) 0121 625 1300 www.ofwat.gov.uk  
Financial Ombudsman 0845 080 1800 www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
Taxaid, 0845 120 3779 www.taxaid.org.uk

BENEFITS
Disability Benefits Enquiry Line 0800 882200 www.dwp.gov.uk
Pension Credit Claim Line 0800 991234 www.thepensionservice.gov.uk  
Tax Credits Helpline 0845 300 3900 www.hmrc.gov.uk/taxcredits
Maternity Alliance 0800 013 0313 www.maternityalliance.org.uk 

HOUSING
Shelter 0808 800 4444 www.shelter.org.uk 
Leasehold Advisory Service 020 7374 5380 www.lease-advice.org
London Borough of Lambeth Council tenants emergency repairs, and Homeless 020 7926 1000 duty line

EMPLOYMENT
ACAS 08457 474747 www.acas.org.uk
TUC www.worksmart.org.uk

IMMIGRATION
Afro-Asian Immigration Advisory Service 020 7701 0141
Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants 020 7251 8706 www.jcwi.org.uk

ELDERLY
Help the Aged 0808 800 6565 www.helptheaged.org.uk
Age Concern 0800 009966 www.ace.org.uk

FAMILY, HEALTH & EDUCATION
Rights of Women 020 7251 6577 www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Gingerbread (lone parent) 0800 018 4318 www.gingerbread.org.uk
National Domestic Violence Helpline 0808 200 0247, www.refuge.org.uk
Child Support Agency 0845 609 0052 www.csa.gov.uk
ACE (Education Advice) 0808 800 5793, www.ace-ed.org.uk/
Samaritans 08457 909 090 www.samaritans.org.uk
Children’s Legal Centre 0845 120 2948 www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Family Mediation 0845 60 26 627 www.familymediationhelpline.co.uk

 

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