Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB)

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice. Some of the issues they may be able to help you with include debt, housing and employment rights as well as personal issues such as family problems.

Fareham's Citizens Advice Bureau (this is an external hyperlink) is located on the second floor of Fareham Library, located on Osborn Road in the town centre.

Contact:

The local office in Fareham is situated in the main Fareham County Library.

2nd Floor

County Library Building

Osborne Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 7EN

Tel. 08444 77 22 32

Fax. 01329 223119

For opening times and telephone advice times please refer to the CAB website in the link below:

www.citizensadvice.org.uk  (this is an external hyperlink)

 

Money Advisor

The Money Advisor is based at the Fareham Citizen Advice Office.  Referrals can be made to the Money Advisor either by a referral from a CAB advisor or by the Housing Options Service at Fareham Borough Council.

The Money Advisor is someone who is trained to offer advice on debt and can help you negotiate affordable payments and set up repayment plans with your creditors, usually giving you more time to pay.  This is a free service available to local people who may be experiencing financial difficulties for a number of reasons such as unemployment, ill health, divorce, mortgage arrears.

The Money Advisor can give you advice on the following -

• Entitlement to benefits
• How to manage debt
• How to negotiate with the people you owe money to
• How to budget and prioritise debts

Follow the following links to find free money and debt advice services

• www.IndependentFinancialAdvisor.co.uk (this is an external hyperlink)
• www.nationaldebtline.co.uk (this is an external hyperlink)
• www.direct.gov.uk/en/MoneyTaxAndBenefits/index.htm (this is an external hyperlink)
• www.adviceguide.org.uk (this is an external hyperlink)