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• Making a plan to pay your debts

  Work out what you can afford and make a plan for paying debts like credit cards, store cards and payday loans.

• Help with travel costs if you're older or disabled

  if you’re under 60 and you get:  Adult Disability Payment Attendance Allowance Child Disability Payment - at the higher rate of the mobility component, or at the highest or middle rate of the care

• Help with travel costs

  Check if you can get concessionary or free travel on public transport and how to get concessionary fares

• How volunteering affects your benefits - overview

  Check the rules about volunteering for the benefit you claim to make sure your benefits aren't affected. Read our advice about volunteering while on benefits

• Ending a civil partnership

  Information on financial arrangements, children, and housing rights when a civil partnership ends through dissolution. Includes information about help with legal costs and family mediation

• Adult Disability Payment

  Adult Disability Payment is a benefit for working-age adults who live in Scotland to help with the costs of having a long-term disability or health condition

• Preparing your finances for retirement

  When you can start getting your pension, checklist of things to do leading up to your retirement, getting help with Pension Wise, and what to do if you've lost track of a pension

• How to claim bereavement benefits

  Find out how to claim Bereavement Support Payment. For deaths before April 2017, check if you can get Widowed Parents Allowance

• Applying for a Blue Badge

  Find out whether you're eligible for a blue badge to help you park more easily, and how to apply

• Child Benefit

  Find out if you're eligible for Child Benefit. Check how changes in your circumstances will affect your claim and what to do if you want to appeal a decision.