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- Downloadable
version of main site modules
There are a number of downloadable
modules in Microsoft Word format.
These cover the nine modules under
the Money matters section of the site
and will be useful for practitioners
wishing to print or cut and paste
content into their own worksheets.
- Practitioners
forum
Practitioners may also wish to visit
the forum on this resource to see
useful links and downloadable documents
posted by other practitioners.
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Making the most of your money
& confident consumer
Both from Basic Skills Agency - www.basic-skills.co.uk
Making ends meet
Pack of worksheets - from Axis Education -
www.skillbuild.co.uk
Older learners pack plus tutors
notes - from NIACE
www.niace.org.uk/research/older_bolder/Projects/FLOP.htm
Accessibility utilities
To see a whole range of accessibility
utilities all in one place, many
of them free. There are magnifiers, screen readers, mouse enhancers,
virtual keyboards, braille utilities and many more - http://trace.wisc.edu/world/computer_access
It's
your move - homeless people
http://www.itsyourmove.org.uk
which incorporates the very useful:
It's
your own home handbook - help in
maintaining your tenancy
http://www.homehandbook.org
Personal Finance Education Group
- www.pfeg.org
Office of Fair Trade -
www.oft.gov.uk/Consumer.htm
BBC -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/your_money/default.stm
BBC Cashwise
Help and information on personal finance
matters
www.bbc.co.uk/education/beyond/cashwise.shtml
Money
Management Council - www.moneymanagement.org.uk
Consumers Association
- www.which.net
Association of British Insurers
- www.abi.org.uk
HM Revenue & Customs - www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Department for Work and Pensions
Details about Council Tax benefits.
www.dwp.gov.uk/lifeevent/benefits/council_tax_benefit.asp
Department for Transport, Local
Government and the Regions
Details about business rates www.local.dtlr.gov.uk/finance/busrats/guide/02.htm
Financial Service Authority
For help with your financial decisions
www.fsa.gov.uk
Money
Made Clear
Impartial information from the FSA, the UK's
financial watchdog.
www.moneymadeclear.fsa.gov.uk
Local
government ombudsman
- Tel: 020 7217 4620
To find an independent financial
adviser in your area contact:
Independent Financial
Adviser Promotions
2nd Floor
117 Farringdon Rd
London
EC1R 3BX
tel: 08000 853250
www.unbiased.co.uk
National
Debtline
tel: 0808 808 4000
email: advice@nationaldebtline.co.uk
web: www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
Citizens Advice Bureau
Gives advice on general matters and welfare benefits
and will be able to tell you what other services are available
locally. Find the local branch in your phone book.
web: www.nacab.org.uk
and www.adviceguide.org.uk
Housing Corporation
149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7BN
tel: 020 7393 2000
web: www.housingcorp.gov.uk
Shelter
88 Old Street, London EC1V 9HU
tel: 0808 800 4444
web: www.shelter.org.uk
Support for resettlement of homeless
people
web: www.itsyourmove.org.uk
Energywatch
6th Floor,Abford House, 15 Wilton Road, London SW1V
1LT
tel: 0800 887 777
web: www.energywatch.org.uk
To compare fuel prices:
Office of Telecommunications
(OFTEL)
50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7JJ
tel: 0845 714 5000
web: www.oftel.gov.uk
Office of Water Services (OFWAT)
Check your Yellow Pages for your regional office
tel: 0121 650 1300
web: www.open.gov.uk/ofwat
Learn about money - resource
on financial literacy.
web: www.learnaboutmoney.org
European financial literacy clearinghouse
An Internet database providing details of publications and
services which promote and develop financial literacy.
Web: www.finlit.org
Personal
Finance Education Group - www.pfeg.org
The National Consumer Council - resource
on consumer rights.
web: www.ncc.org.uk
Financial ombudsman service
South Quay Plaza, 183 Marsh Wall, London E14 9SR
tel: 0845 080 1800
web: www.financial-ombudsman.org.uk
For complaints about banks, building
societies, insurance, investments, endowments and pensions:
Financial Services Authority
(FSA)
25 The North Colonnade, Canary Wharf, London E14
5HS
Consumer Helpline tel: 0845 606 1234
Advice on endowments/pensions:
Council of Mortgage Lenders
3 Savile Row, London W1F 3PB
tel: 020 7437 0075
Factsheet Line: 020 7440 2255
web: www.cml.org.uk
IFA promotions office
For a list of Independent Financial Advisers
17-19 Emery Road, Brislington, Bristol BS4 5PF
tel: 0800 0853 250
web: www.unbiased.co.uk
Money advice centres
Find the local branch in your phone book or yellow
pages.
Maxxsave - www.maxxsave.co.uk
provides free
impartial advice, reviews, buying guides, and money
saving tips on personal
finance, household bills, insurance and electronic
products.
Money
Info Master - www.moneyinfomaster.com
An introduction to financial products.
How To Memorise Pin Numbers - www.sharpsoftware.co.uk/pin/
This site contains a useful method for remembering your pin
numbers for cash machines, credit cards and online registrations.
Benefits Agency (BA)
Find the local branch in your phone book.
Department of Social Security
Benefits enquiry line
tel: 0800 88 22 00
web: www.dss.gov.uk
Child Support Agency
Enquiry line 0845 713 3133
web: www.dss.gov.uk/csa
New Deal for lone parents line
tel: 0800 868 868
web: www.newdeal.gov.uk
Working Families Tax Credit helpline
tel: 0845 609 5000
web: www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk
Children's Tax Credit helpline
tel: 0845 300 1036
Community
legal service direct
Has a directory of agencies
providing legal advice in your area.
Check your local library or the web
site: www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Law centres
Offer legal advice on housing, welfare benefits, immigration
and sometimes debt. Find the local branch in your phone book
or yellow pages.
Law centres federation
They do not give advice but refer queries on to local
law centre
Duchess House, 18/19 Warren Street, London W1T 5LR
tel: 020 7387 8570
web: www.lawcentres.org.uk
Advice on legal aid services and
your rights
web: www.legalservices.gov.uk
Gingerbread
Sovereign Close, Sovereign Court London E1W 3HW
tel: 0800 018 4318
web: www.gingerbread.org.uk
National Council for one parent
families
255 Kentish Town Road, London NW5 2LX
tel: 0800 018 5026
web: www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
New Deal for Lone Parents line
tel: 0800 868 868
web: www.newdeal.gov.uk
Motley Fool
Women's finance
section - lots of useful information including;
maternity rights, weddings, working mums, child support,
divorce,
pensions, etc.
web: www.fool.co.uk
Femail
Advice bank - lots of useful information including; pregnancy
and babies, mortgages, children, buying a car, pensions,
etc.
web: www.femail.co.uk
Age Concern
Freepost SWB 303752, Ashburton, Devon TQ13 7ZZ
tel: 0800 00 99 66
web: www.ace.org.uk
Help the Aged
207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ
Seniorline 0808 800 6565
web: www.helptheaged.org.uk
Child
line
Freepost 1111, London N1
0BR
tel: 0800 1111
DfES
- Financial help for students
Lots of useful information for learners
and students with a focus on financial
help.
web: www.dfes.gov.uk/financialhelp/index_flash.html
Kids Affairs
Provides money
management workbooks for children
between ages 8 and 19, and a money
management guide for use in the classroom
by teachers.
web: www.kids-affairs.net/moneysmart
RedBox
- Game - can you improve the town?
Learn all about how local government
pays for local services and see if
you can do better! Shockwave and HTML
versions available.
web: www.redbox.gov.uk
TheSite
- help and advice for young people
web: www.thesite.org
Youth
2 Youth. advice for young people by
young people
web: www.youth2youth.co.uk
DIAL UK
Helpline offering advice for people with disabilities
St Catherines,Tickhill Road, Doncaster, DN4 8QN.
tel: 01302 310 123
web: www.dialuk.org.uk
Disability Rights Commission
Freepost MID 02164, Stratford upon Avon, CV37 9BR.
tel: 08457 622 633
web: www.drc-gb.org.uk
Local government ombudsman
10th Floor, Millbank Tower,
Millbank, London, SW1P 4QP.
Tel:
020 7217 4620
Advice Line: 0845 602 1983
web: www.lgo.org.uk
The information commissioners
office
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.
tel: 01625 545 700
web: www.dataprotection.gov.uk
Office of Fair Trading (OFT)
Trading
Standards (consumer protection)
departments.
Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX.
Find the local branch in your phone book or Yellow Pages.
tel: 0845 722 4499
web: www.oft.gov.uk
OfGem - gas regulator
9, Millbank, London, SW1P 3GE.
Consumer Helpline: 0845 906 0708
web: www.ofgem.gov.uk
Directory of Ombudsmen
Ombudsmen schemes in the UK & its dependent territories
web: www.bioa.org.uk/BIOA-New/UKOmbudsmen.htm
National Grid for Learning
web: www.ngfl.gov.uk
Relate - help and support with
relationships
web: www.relate.org.uk
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