The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.
Every Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital services for local communities.
Advice changing young lives
Citizens Advice and YouthNet are delivering a three year ground-breaking programme for young people, Advice changing young lives, which is giving young people across the UK information, advice and guidance on a whole wealth of money issues. |
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The partnership is improving money advice and financial literacy amongst 500,000 young people by promoting financial awareness and information on 
www.theSite.org in a tone and style young people understand and relate to. In addition a new, ground-breaking service is being developed that will enable young people to access financial information and money advice sheets via mobile phones. This information will also be accessible from www.adviceguide.org.uk.
"I have a full-time job and rent my own home. But despite working hard and being careful with my money my income is less than my monthly outgoings. I am barely surviving at the moment. Is there a chance I could be entitled to some help?"
Tom, askTheSite user
Since the Advice changing young lives project started in September 2007 an average of 38 young people per month have received personal and bespoke advice and guidance via www.askTheSite.org on a range of issues including:
Check out the short films made by our Youth forum which show how the Citizens Advice service can help young people who are struggling to manage money and debt problems.
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