Contacts

• general

• AdviceGuide

  Online advice from the Citizens Advice Bureaux.

• Citizens Advice Bureaux

  Can advise on all aspects of personal finance.
  Find your local branch on their website.

• Connexions

  Advice and Information for young people aged 13 to 19.

• Directgov

  General information on anything concerned with local or central government.

• The Site

  Popular online guide to life for young adults.

• starting work

• National Insurance Registration Helpline

  For information about your National Insurance number.
  Tel: 0845 9157006.

• Revenue & Customs

• Information on child benefit and tax credits.

• banks, building societies and plastic cards

• Citizens Advice Bureaux

  (See 'General')

• budgeting and managing your money

• Citizens Advice Bureaux

  (See 'General')

• National Debtline

  Freephone 0808 808 4000.

• Revenue & Customs

  Information on child benefit and tax credits.

• claiming state benefits

• Child Benefit Office

  For information on Child Benefit:
  Tel: 0845 302 1444 (or 028 9054 9000 in Northern Ireland);

  For advice about the Child Tax Credit phone 0845 300 3900 (or 0845 603 2000 in Northern Ireland).

• Citizens Advice Bureau

  (See 'General')

• Department for Work and Pensions

  Information on all benefits in this section.

• Revenue & Customs

  Information on child benefit and tax credits.

• New Deal

  New Deal for Young People helps them to find and keep a job, or to start work for themselves.

• Welfare Rights Units

  Contact your local authority for details of their Welfare Rights Unit (find your local authority here).

• becoming a student

• Department for Children, Schools and Families

  Find your Local Education Authority here.

• Department for Employment & Learning Northern Ireland

  Tel: 028 9025 7777

• Student Awards Agency for Scotland

  Tel: 0131 476 8212

• Student Finance Direct

  Provides services and information for those in England who are interested in financial support in Higher Education.

• Student Loans Company

• UCAS

  General information on university and college admissions as well as financial advice for higher education.

• buying and selling

• Citizens Advice Bureau

  (See 'General')

• Consumer Direct

  The UK government's website for consumers.

• Office of Fair Trading

  Fleetbank House, 2-6 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8JX
  Tel: 020 7242 2858

• Trading Standards

  The website has useful information and will help you find where your local trading standards office is.

• Which?

  Consumer rights website.

This page was updated on 15 July, 2008