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Your rent, managing your money and debt

The health check

We’ve found a great new online money planner. It’s from the Money Advice Service   and it’s called the health check. Click here  to view their online advert.

It will only take you 10 minutes to fill in and the health check will give you an easy-to-follow action plan with the top three things you can do to make the most of your money right now, and to help you plan for the future.

Best of all, it’s free!! The Money Advice Service won’t tell you which product or provider or try to sell you anything.

Click here  to take the health check now!

They have lots of useful leaflets:

Everyday money

• Basic bank accounts
• Borrowing money
• Credit cards
• Credit unions
• Getting financial advice
• Help with managing money
• Insurance
• Making the most of your money
• Making your budget work for you
• Proving your identity
• Saving and investing
• Sending money safely
• Your bank account

Pensions and retirement options

• Income withdrawal
• Managing in retirement
• Pensions
• Salary-related pension transfers
• Stakeholder pensions and decision trees
• The state second pension
• Your pension – it’s time to choose
• Your retirement options

If things go wrong

• Complaints about banking services
• Making a complaint

They also have two good handbooks:

• The redundancy handbook
• Your guide to retirement

If you need any help or more information, just give the Benefit & Money Advice team a call on 01642 771424 .