Useful Websites
This page contains useful links about debt and debt support.
We do our best to maintain these links, but websites and their contents have a tendency to move so we can't guarantee they are up-to-date. Please let us know if you find an error!
Local Agencies
Information about agencies in Cambridge.
- Anglian Water Trust Fund - Gives grants to support customers who cannot afford to pay their water bill.
- Citizens Advice Bureau - Citizens Advice Bureau advice website. Provides advice on a wide range of issues. Located on Newmarket Road in Cambridge.
- Housing Support Service - Housing Support Service provided by Cambridge City Council.
Churches
The following churches are represented by MAC's advisers.
- St Andrew's Church, Histon
- St Andrews Street Baptist Church, Cambridge
- St Barnabas Church, Cambridge
- Barnwell Baptist Church, Cambridge
- City Church, Cambridge
- Great Shelford Free Church
- St Philips Church, Cambridge
General Debt Advice
Websites containing general debt advice.
- Benefits Adviser - Run by the Government, this tool gives advice and entitlement information to 28 DWP benefits.
- British Bankers' Association - Provides information on how banks can help deal with debt.
- Business Debtline - MAC cannot help with business debts, but Business Debtline, run by the Money Advice Trust can help those who are self-employed or have small businesses. They also have an advice line: 0900 197 6026.
- Child Poverty Action Group - Information on benefits and welfare rights.
- Community Legal Aid - Formerly Community Legal Services Direct, this website provides lots of useful information and allows you to search for a low-cost legal adviser near you.
- Community Money Advice - This is the organisation through which MAC was set-up and has a useful self-help pack to download.
- Court Service - Court services website - Court forms to fill in online or print off and self-help sheets for filling them out.
- Credit Action - This page allows you to create your own Financial Statement.
- Entitled To - Free, quick and easy online service so you can work out your entitlement to benefits and tax credits.
- Money Made Clear - Run by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), this website provides lots of useful facts about banking, insurance, mortgages and lots more.
- Money Stuff - Run by Credit Action - this site provides lots of information on how to manage your money.
- One Space - the "One Space money survival kit", a guide to help single parents make the most of their income and spending.
- Payplan - Allows you to set up financial statement, and find out more about the Paylink service.
General Advice
- Age Concern - General advice (shortly to be combined with Help the Aged to form Age UK).
- Help the Aged - General advice (shortly to be combined with Age Concern to form Age UK).
- Mencap - Charity providing advice about learning disabilities.
- Mind - Charity providing information on all apsects of mental health.