Advice Matters Autumn 06

Advice Matters Summer 06

Advice NI Response to the Proposal for a Draft Water and Sewerage Services (N.Ireland) Order 2006.

Calendar of training events for 2006.

Response to NILSC Consultation: Exposure Document - Developing a Registration Scheme June 2006

Response to NILSC Consultation: Delivering Access to Justice Through Publicly Funded Legal Services

The Advice Services Alliance(ASA)is made up of representatives of Advice NI, Citizens Advice and the Law Centre for Northern Ireland. Each of these organisations also responded to the Department for Social Development's Strategy on Advice and Information on an individual
basis. This document is the response made by the Advice Services Alliance.

- Cautious welcome to DSD Strategy
- NVQ, Money Advice and Quality Assurance updates
- Members News
- Policy News

DSD Strategy

DSD Advice & Information Strategy Launced
Advice NI AGM & 10th Anniversary

Advice NI response to DSD consultation document
‘A Strategy for Supporting Delivery of Voluntary Advice Services to the
Community’

Money Advice issues relevant to Northern Ireland

This briefing paper highlights the main issues raised at Advice NI's AGM workshops. testing this upload

Advice NI Briefing Paper on the DSD Advice & Information Strategy

In this Bulletin:
1. British Gas helps to find £18.6 million of unclaimed benefits;
2. Personal Financial Research Centre website - www.pfrc.bris.ac.uk;
3. The Responsible Credit Network;
4. LSC Announce 1st winners in £6m Money Advice Pilot Project;
5. FSA Financial Healthcheck tool;
6. Secret Debts and relationship breakdown (BBC Online - 11th Feb).

Money Advice Issues

In this Bulletin:
1. Debt Advice Helpine pilot, Yorks and Glos;
2. Payment Protection Insurance;
3. LSC terminate all Specialist Support Contracts from July 2006;
4. New Wiseradviser training programme;
5. NTL;
6. Debt collectors to pursue CSA cash
7. Debt Advice agencies experience record numbers seeking advice;
8. The Debt Counsellors Annual UK Debt Survey 2006;

Advice NI Annual Report 2005

Advice NI Money Advice eBulletin 18 January 2006

In this bulletin:
1. £300 for 15 mins work!
2. Advice UK outline our concerns with the £45m Financial Inclusion fund for Face to Face advice:
3. Latest Bank of England Lending Figures:figures in 1000’s):
4. SNP call for new powers to tackle debt: Change of address for Fleetwood Debt Collection Services:
5. IPA call for a body to “crack down on loan sharks” (from “Daily Telegraph” 3rd Jan 2006):
6. AUK pledges support for Egg campaign: