At St Cuthbert’s Church Centre there are two Stewardship volunteers:-
Tim Sture and Liz Gethin
(Liz has been trained to give budgeting advice)
Stewardship volunteers promote biblically based money education.
For more information about dealing with debt and regaining control of your finances please feel free to contact Tim or Liz through the church centre office on 01772 719710 or e-mail moneymanagement@gethin.org.uk
st. cuthbert's church
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St. Cuthbert's Church of England Lytham Road Fulwood Preston UK. 01772 719710. Office open Mon-Fri 9am-12noon. Vicar, Chris Halliwell 01772 717346
FREE and CONFIDENTIAL help is available from:
Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)
www.cccs.co.uk Tel: 0800 0274995
This leading debt counselling charity, helps thousands every year. Also check out the Money Expert.com
Preston City Council debt advice service
Preston Town Hall, Lancaster Road, Preston, PR1 2RL Tel: 01772 906838
Preston Citizens Advice Bureau
Town Hall Annexe, Birley Street, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2QE Telephone: 01772 822416 - Advice Line 01772 906434 - For booking an appointment
Mon – Thurs 9.30 – 15.00 Fri 9.30 – 12.15
Citizens Advice offers a range of free advice on a variety of issues.
www.adviceguide.org.uk/index/life/debt.htm is the Citizens Advice online service, which offers independent advice on debt, benefits, tax and employment
National Debtline
Free phone 0808 808 4000
Mon-Fri: 9am-9pm Sat: 9.30am-1pm
Please be aware: when phoning CCCS, it may take time to get through. With the Citizens Advice Bureau and the Council Debt Advice Service you may have to wait a number of weeks for an appointment.
For practical on line advice on dealing with money see www.moneybasics.co.uk They provide handy advice about why and how to budget in an easy to understand way. Go to the above link and click on ‘budgeting and banking’.
www.creditaction.org.uk has good resources about budgeting and how to put a budget together. Also visit www.creditaction.org.uk/advice/selfhelp.htm for the self-help guide to dealing with personal debt.
www.parentspenniespounds.co.uk has a lot of information for parents and children on saving, spending, borrowing, debt and education support. It serves to offer articles, games, quizzes, support and a friendly environment for children to surf with their parents.
www.parentspenniespounds.co.uk/teens/save.html is a link to a ‘simple savings calculator’. A great way of working out what you need to save a month to reach your target for that larger purchase/ special event.
www.stewardship.org.uk is the Christian financial services charity formed by the merger of Stewardship Services and Sovereign Giving in July 2004. Both organisations had a long history of serving the Christian community.
www.moneysavingexpert.com is a website aimed to help people save money on anything and everything by finding the best deals and beating the system. It is completely free to use and is not financed by corporate sponsors.