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Advice NI staff walked in total 8,969,252 steps while raising money for PIPS, their nominated charity of the year.

We are holding a pub quiz on the 26th September at the Northern Lights in aid of our Charity of the Year.

The Advice NI team are delighted to announce that they have smashed their fundraising target for this year’s chosen charity, PIPS.

Staff at Advice NI put their best feet forward in April and May, all to raise funds for Assisi Animal Sanctuary.

Advice NI are delighted to announce they have smashed the £2,000 goal they set for themselves to raise funds for Assisi Animal Sanctuary.

Advice NI Announces Assisi Animal Sanctuary as it's 2019 Charity of the Year

With sole traders and small businesses struggling due to lower consumer spending, higher rates and other overheads, higher wage costs and the looming Brexit uncertainty, saving may seem like an extravagance that many just cannot afford.

The General Data Protection Regulation, more commonly known as GDPR will come into effect on 25th May 2018.  It is the biggest change to personal data privacy in over 25 years.

Belfast Lord Mayor, Nichola Mallon and Dr Eddie Rooney, Chief Executive of the Public Health Agency, today launched a new website and information leaflet for Helplines Network NI.

Aimed at older peoples’ groups Northern Ireland wide, ‘Managing Your Money Better’ talks are funded by Comic Relief and delivered by Outreach Worker John Bradbury.The talks are free, last about 45 minutes and cover a range of topics including: budgeting, maximising your income, dealing with debt, saving, borrowing and credit and avoiding scams.‘I also give people some additional information, benefits information and contact details within Advice NI for further free advice.‘So far, we have reached over 1,000 people with almost half living in rural isolated areas. The talks are aimed primarily at people over sixty and over 350 people reached are aged over 75.‘I usually find people are most interested  in benefits uptake and avoiding scams. As an organisation, we are delighted to provide as much help and information as possible,’ added John.So far, community groups, womens’ groups and churches have been amongst the venues visited.More talks are planned for late Autumn to Winter. If you would like a contact, please contact John – ‘john@adviceni.net.’