{"id":399,"date":"2022-10-26T11:09:45","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T10:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/?page_id=399"},"modified":"2022-12-06T12:37:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T12:37:47","slug":"other-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/other-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Other Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are a range of other organisations and resources that might be helpful for you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Citizens Advice Service (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/<\/a>) \u2013 The Citizens Advice&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/about-us\/contact-us\/contact-us\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and in person<\/a>, for free. They can also give advice on consumer rights via their&nbsp;consumer helpline, support witnesses in courts through the&nbsp;Witness Service&nbsp;and give&nbsp;pension guidance&nbsp;to people aged over 50.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Money Advice Scotland (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyadvicescotland.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">moneyadvicescotland.org.uk\/<\/a>)<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>&#8211;<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>Money Advice Scotland is Scotland&#8217;s money charity. They offer help for people who are in debt as well as a range of information on financial wellbeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moneymattersweb.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Money Matters<\/a>&nbsp;has a wealth of knowledge and has adopted a holistic approach to dealing with advice issues. Their&nbsp; Welfare Rights service includes representation at Social Security and Disability appeal hearings.&nbsp; They are pro-active at providing in-work benefits advice such as Tax Credit, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Money Matters has a reputation for being proactive and quick to respond to changes&nbsp; with innovative solutions e.g. in-house language skills offered includes&nbsp; Urdu, Punjabi, Polish, Russian and German.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneysavingexpert.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Money Saving Expert\u00a0<\/a>This website\u00a0was set up by Martin Lewis, and\u00a0provides advice about a number of financial matters.\u00a0 It focuses on how to get the best out of your money: shopping, utilities, banking, insurance. There is also a very helpful \u201cincome and family\u201d tab with all kind of helpful resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MoneyHelper (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyhelper.org.uk\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.moneyhelper.org.uk\/en<\/a>) &#8211; MoneyHelper&nbsp;provides information to make your money and pension choices clearer.&nbsp;They aim to put you in control&nbsp;by providing impartial guidance&nbsp;that&#8217;s&nbsp;backed by government and to recommend further, trusted support if you need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scottish Public Pension Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/pensions.gov.scot\/nhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pensions.gov.scot\/nhs<\/a>)<strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong>Get information on your NHS Pension, including retirement calculators and the different scheme membership details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawworks.org.uk\/legal-advice-individuals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Law Works&nbsp;<\/a>provides free legal advice for people not eligible for legal aid and who cannot afford to pay for legal services. It includes information on how to find out if you are eligible for legal aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are a range of other organisations and resources that might be helpful for you: Citizens Advice Service (citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/) &ndash; The Citizens Advice&nbsp;offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/verticalmenu.php","meta":{"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-399","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"stephenharris","author_link":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/author\/stephenharris\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Below are a range of other organisations and resources that might be helpful for you: Citizens Advice Service (citizensadvice.org.uk\/scotland\/) &ndash; The Citizens Advice&nbsp;offers confidential advice online, over the phone, and","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=399"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":467,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/399\/revisions\/467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staff.nhslothian.scot\/staffsupport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}