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www.islington.gov.uk<br />
Help is here if you have<br />
money worries<br />
Worrying you can’t pay your rent or mortgage?<br />
Getting payday loans or using loan sharks?<br />
Can’t afford to top up your electricity or gas meter?<br />
In tough economic times, with all these changes, cuts and caps<br />
on benefits, it is more important than ever that you look at how<br />
you can manage your finances.<br />
If you have any money concerns then there is plenty of help<br />
and support for you. We have already helped hundreds of people<br />
with debt problems, and we can help you too.<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> People’s Rights (IPR) – a support service specialising<br />
in debt and welfare law - worked with Jackie* who due to<br />
illness had got into lots of debt. Gerard Omasta-Milsom at IPR<br />
said:<br />
“Jackie’s* doctor was concerned about the impact of her<br />
money problems on her health and referred her to us. We<br />
went through her options with her. With her debt being under<br />
£15,000 and with no chance of her returning to work or paying back the<br />
debts, we decided a Debt Relief Order was the best option for her. Jackie<br />
feels such a sense of relief about her debts being sorted out.<br />
“Juggling debt and bills is really stressful so I would urge anyone who has<br />
money worries to get help now. We deal with so many cases there is nothing<br />
that surprises us about them, other than how payday lenders, banks and<br />
credit card companies can behave so appallingly to people when they are<br />
most in need.”<br />
A Debt Relief Order is granted by the Insolvency Service and is a cheaper<br />
option than going bankrupt – this could be an option for someone with<br />
debts of less than £15,000 and a low income. For further information or for<br />
support services in <strong>Islington</strong> please go to www.islington.gov.uk/advice<br />
*<br />
name has been changed<br />
case<br />
study<br />
Debt advice<br />
<strong>Islington</strong>’s Citizens<br />
Advice Bureau<br />
020 7947 7771<br />
www.cabislington.org.uk<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> Law Centre<br />
020 7607 2461<br />
info@islingtonlaw.org.uk<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> People’s Rights<br />
020 7561 3685<br />
info@ipradvice.org.uk<br />
Disability Action in <strong>Islington</strong><br />
020 7226 0137<br />
disabilityaction@daii.org<br />
Benefits<br />
<strong>Islington</strong> <strong>Council</strong><br />
020 7527 4990 (option 4)<br />
0800 731 8081<br />
claimit@islington.gov.uk<br />
Banking<br />
<strong>Islington</strong>’s Credit Union<br />
020 7561 1786<br />
www.credit-union.coop<br />
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