Recession Help and Advice
Where can I find help?
Do you need help with a difficult situation
that you are facing due to the economic
downturn?
Please see below for a list of organisations
that can offer you help and advice.
Personal finance, benefits and tax
• Debt: CAB; National Debtline; local VCS advice centres• Credit and banking: CAB; Consumer Direct; Independent Banking Advisory Service
• Reducing costs: CAB; Energy Saving Trust; Warm Front Scheme; Home Heat Helpline; Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; Money Saving Expert
• Tax / Tax credit: Tax Offices; HM Revenue & Customs, Community Legal Advice, Direct.gov.uk
• Benefits: council benefits office, Jobcentre Plus, CAB
Business support
• Business advice and guidance: Business Debtline; Business Link; local chamber of commerce; Regional Development Agency; local enterprise agency; local business network; local sector-specific advice services; UK Trade & Investment• Reducing running costs: Carbon Trust; Energy Saving Trust; Envirowise; National Industrial Symbiosis Programme; Netregs
• Recruitment and redundancy: ACAS Helpline; CAB Online Advice Guide; Community Legal Advice; Jobcentre Plus
• Business finance: Business Debtline; Business Link; Regional Development Agency
• Skills and training: Business Link; local chambers of commerce; Regional Development Agency; Train to Gain; The Prince's Trust
• Business awards and grants: Business Link; Regional Development Agency
Care, health and wellbeing
• Mental health: Samaritans; Stress Management Society; Age Concern; MIND; local therapy projects (e.g. art therapy); NHS Direct• Drugs and alcohol: council drugs and alcohol service; Alcoholics Anonymous; Drinksense
• Domestic violence: women's refuges; local women's outreach projects
• Healthy living: local leisure centres and sports clubs; Change 4 Life; 5aday campaign; Love Food Hate Waste campaign; local allotments / grow your own campaigns; NHS exercise referrals service
• Families and relationship support: Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; local parents' support groups; local counselling and therapy services
Employment and skills
• Employment, careers, unemployment and job seeking: ACAS Helpline; CAB; CAB Online Advice Guide; Local VCS advice centres; Connexions; Jobcentre Plus; Community Legal Advice
• Training and development: ACAS Helpline; local further and higher education colleges; local community and adult learning centres; Jobcentre Plus; The Prince's Trust; Train to Gain
• Childcare and advice: local nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools
• Free and Funded Training via Learn Direct at Cannock Library
Housing
• Homelessness and temporary accommodation: Council housing needs and housing options teams; CAB Online Advice Guide; CAB; Community Legal Advice; homeless hostels; local housing associations; Shelter; local YMCA; local refuges• Housing advice and support: Local VCS advice centres; CAB; council housing advice services
• Housing providers: local housing associations; sheltered and temporary housing providers (e.g. YMCA)
• Housing benefits: council Benefits Office, Jobcentre Plus, CAB
For help regarding services directly provided by Cannock Chase Council you can of course also call us on 01543 462621 or Email: customerservices@cannockchasedc.gov.uk
Contact the Council
Email: customerservices@cannockchasedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01543 462621
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