Advice 4 Stoke


Money, Debt and Welfare Benefit Advice for City Council Tenants

From May 2006 to April 2007, Advice 4 Stoke delivered over 2,000 advice sessions; recsheduled over £3m of personal debt; prevented 79 individuals from being evicted form their homes; maximised income by £750,000 through welfare benefits and provided over 150 representations in court, tribunals and appeals.

Advice 4 Stoke is a FREE advice service available to City Council Tenants. If you are having money problems and would like advice and guidance that will help you improve your situation then we can help you. We will help you regain control of your finances. We’re trained to give advice in lots of different areas, so whatever your situation our trained advisers can help you. We can help you with:

• Debt Problems - rent and council tax arrears, utility payments, fines and possessions
• Personal finance – credit cards, overdrafts, loan repayments, charge cards, telephone and unsecured loans
• Welfare Benefit advice – claims and entitlements

How will we help you?

We understand that you will be dealing with a unique set of issues, so we believe it’s important to meet you on a one-to-one basis. We will work with you to understand your situation and then give you professional, confidential advice and support. We’re also able to help you with making applications, filling in paper work and we can even negotiate with creditors on your behalf.

You can call us FREE to arrange an appointment at a time that suits you or visit one of our ‘drop-in’ sessions.

Where?

We’ll be delivering a local service, in a friendly environment covering the following areas:.

Abbey Hulton                  Chell Heath                       Bentilee
Blurton                             Burslem                             Hanley
Longton                           Meir                                     Norton
Stoke/Fenton                  Tunstall

Take control of your finances and book an appointment by calling us FREE on 0800 6348285 or visit one of our ‘drop-in’ sessions.

If you would like to schedule an appointment to speak to one of our team of professional advisors then please complete our Arrange an appointment form