Nottingham & District Citizens Advice Bureau
the charity for your community
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Nottingham & District Citizens Advice Bureau the charity for your community |
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Nottingham & District
CAB is a wide-ranging advice service. Using the Citizens Advice service's
unique information system we can give you free, confidential, impartial and
independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects.
We
can advise you on all aspects of debt and the courses of action open to you.
We can help with preparing a budget statement, negotiation with creditors and
dealing with court action against you. Click here to access fact sheets on Debt.
If
you are unsure about your consumer rights, we can advise you and help you to
decide what to do next.
We
can also give you practical help by negotiating with shops and traders, help you
to write letters, telephone or fax companies on your behalf, help you with forms
and with small claims procedures at the county court. Click here to access fact sheets on Consumer issues.
We
can advise you on all aspects of housing including rights and responsibilities
of landlords and tenants, tenancies, rent problems, including establishing 'fair
rents', advice on eviction and problems with neighbours. Click here to access fact sheets on Housing.
If
you have an employment problem, we can advise you according to your statutory
and contractual rights. We can give advice about benefits or tax credits you are entitled to when in
work. We can also advise on discrimination at work.
We
can give you practical help by helping you make a claim for unpaid wages,
checking redundancy payments are correct, advising on changes to terms and
conditions, advising on employee's individual rights and identifying possible
claims for unfair dismissal. Click here to access fact sheets on Employment.
We
can help you gain access to justice, advise you on your entitlement under the
community legal service, pursue compensation for accidents and injuries and give
advice and guidance about going to court. Click here to access fact sheets on Legal.
We
can give advice on tax problems, including income tax, tax credits, inheritance
tax and council tax.
We
can give advice on many aspects of immigration such as: visitor visas, fiance(e)/spouse
visas, student visas, settlement visas, work permits, immigration status,
welfare benefits, asylum seekers and refugees.
Our advice on immigration issues is limited and in many cases we would refer you to other organisations.
We
can advise you on all aspects regarding the family, including: separation and
divorce, maintenance and child support, parents rights and responsibilities,
birth and adoption, change of name, what to do when someone dies.
If
necessary we can refer you to a counsellor, a mediator or make an appointment to
see a family lawyer. Click here to access fact sheets on Family.
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32 - 36 Carrington Street, Nottingham NG1 7FG Company Limited by guarantee. Registered number: 2323141. Registered Charity Number: 701259 Last updated November 2008 |
