Welcome to Advice NI

The Independent Advice Network, providing advice to those who need it most.

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0800 915 4604

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advice@adviceni.net

Help and advice

  • Coronavirus

    We have compiled some information that may help you during the COVID-19 crisis. We are unable to provide advice regarding health or Coronavirus symptoms. If you are worried about either of these issues you should contact your GP or NHS 111.

  • Benefits

    We can provide advice on a range of benefit issues. You also find out information on benefits for carers, those with disabilities, being out of work, bereavement, housing, and more.

  • Money & Debt

    We can provide advice on personal debt and business debt, and we have a range of self-help resources, including factsheets and money management tools.

  • Employment

    If you are struggling with employment or HMRC issues such as furlough, self-assessment, and PAYE, we can help.

  • Family

    Find out information on different benefits and entitlements for families including Child Benefit, Maternity Allowance, and Tax-Free Childcare.

  • EU Settlement Scheme

    We can provide free and confidential advice to ensure that EU Nationals in vulnerable circumstances make an application to the EU Settlement Scheme by 30th June 2021.

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Advice NI members are spread across Northern Ireland.

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How we've helped people

Contractor who lost work during pandemic builds the foundation for a debt-free future

This client reached out to Advice NI’s Debt Service by email. The client lives with his partner with no dependents and no assets.

This client attended an Advice NI Tax & Benefits Service outreach advice clinic in a stressed and anxious state

The client was a single, self-employed cleaner earning roughly £8,300 per year.

A client contacted us as she had been struggling to make a Universal Credit since April

She was told she did not have the right to reside in Northern Ireland and therefore didn’t have the right to claim Universal Credit.

Fitness business weighs up options

This client is 46, works in the fitness & health industry, is single with no dependents and lives in private rented accommodation. 

Full and final settlement gives client financial freedom from creditor

Advice NI’s Debt service recently helped a client who had been pursued by a debt collection company for a number of years in respect of a mortgage shortfall balance, which was just shy of £100,000.

​A sole trader who ran into difficulties with HMRC

A sole trader who had an engineering business ran into difficulties with HMRC when he received notice that he had liabilities totalling over £30,000 due for unpaid PAYE, VAT and self-assessment.

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