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Money and debt advice
Links to local and national help for everything to do with money, including benefits advice and debt advice.
Disability advice
Links to Local Help: The Disability Resource Centre Offers independent advice and information services to disabled people and their carers to enable them to have choice and control over all aspects of their lives. Families United Network Families United Network (FUN) is a registered Charity and membership organisation which works to support children, young people
Benefits advice
Links to Local Help: The Disability Resource Centre provides a benefits advice service that is confidential, independent and free. This service provides up-to-date information and advice to people of any age and with any disability, older people, their families, carers, friends and associated professionals throughout Bedfordshire and Luton. You can also make appointments with
See us at the Mayfield Centre on Mondays
28 January 2022 Events, Health, News, NHS, Wellbeing Mondays at Mayfield Centre AdviceCentral are hosting regular events at The Disability Resource Centre’s new Dunstable shop at the Mayfield Centre every Monday (but not on public holidays). Free tea and coffee on Mondays Pop in for a free hot drink and to chat about how the AdviceCentral team can
About Advice Central
Advice Central has been helping residents of Central Bedfordshire to access local free advice since 2015. Thousands of people in Central Bedfordshire rely on Advice Central every year as a helping hand, guiding them to the best advice on a wide range of topics. What is Advice Central? Advice Central is: A single point of
18 websites with ways of keeping warm and saving energy bills this winter
We’ve been busy compiling all the ways to save fuel bills and keep warm this winter. Thanks to Iffat and Dan, who are part of our charity’s team of volunteers, for all their research building this page of useful links…
Relationship advice
Links to local help: Age UK Bedfordshire Works with and for older people in Central Bedfordshire. Information and advice on a wide range of topics. Central Bedfordshire Council On the Central Bedfordshire Council’s website you can book an appointment for registering a birth, a death and also to give notice of a marriage or a
Employment advice
Links to local employment and job support in Central Bedfordshire: The Disability Resource Centre offers training courses to improve confidence, gain new skills and to access support in progressing into employment. Age UK Bedfordshire The Bromham Road office in Bedford has a trained team of staff and volunteers who can give independent advice on
Consumer advice
Links to local organisations: Advice Guide Citizens Advice offers a self-help advice guide that provides lots of information on the consumer rights Local Citizens Advice: Amphthill and District Citizens Advice Dunstable and District Citizens Advice Leighton-Linslade Citizens Advice Advice Central Bedfordshire Council Central Bedfordshire Council offers information, advice and support for consumers; including your rights when
Legal advice
Links to local free legal services Citizens Advice offers a self-help Advice Guide that provides lots of information on the law and rights page on civil rights, the legal system, immigration and society. Local Citizens Advice: Ampthill and District Citizens Advice Dunstable and District Citizens Advice Leighton-Linslade Citizens Advice Advice WDP Dunstable provides support for
Communities
Links to Local Help: The Disability Resource Centre The Disability Resource Centre covers Central Bedfordshire, helping people with a disability, their carers and people with a long term health condition. You can contact them by telephone – 01582 470900 or email at info@drcbeds.org.uk if you would like to find out about activities happening in your community.
Health and care
Links to Local Help: The Disability Resource Centre Access to advice, information and support services to disabled people, those enduring long term health conditions and their carers to enable them to have choice and control over all aspects of their lives. Situated in Dunstable the service covers Central Bedfordshire and other areas. The DRC also offers equipment advice,
See all our new and free training courses, available online and face-to-face
We run many different training programmes that focus on supporting people with disabilities and long-term health conditions. Take a look at the new courses, available both online and face-to-face…
Claim free shopping vouchers for vulnerable people this winter
December 15 2021 If you are struggling with paying energy bills, food and clothing we can help in a number of practical ways Central Bedfordshire Council announced details of the new Household Support Grant. They say on their website “Financial support for your family, during winter 2021/2022 – The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has