We're HERE to HELP
Quite simply, we're here to help the people of Lancashire with the problems they face. Our advice is free, confidential, impartial and independent. We operate from five locations across Lancashire: Chorley, Leyland, Fleetwood Skelmersdale, and Blackburn with Darwen.. We provide advice in person at our offices, via our telephone helpline or by email.
If you have a problem you need help with there are several options available to you:
- Look through the advice sections detailed below or visit our main AdviceGuide site.
- Telephone our Gateway Service on: 0344 245 1294 (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) (local rate number).
- Call in to your local bureau. Select your most convenient location from our Area Map for details of our opening times and office addresses.
- If it’s more convenient, we now offer advice by email. Click on the following link to use this option Advice by Email
- If our offices don't cover your location, enter your postcode in the "Find your local Citizens Advice" section on our national site.
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Citizens Advice Lancashire offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information on a wide range of subjects.
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Pension Wise is a free government service that helps you understand what you can do with your pension pot money.
It offers guidance about your options for taking your pension pot(s), and can help you understand the tax implications.
It also offers free guidance appointments over the telephone or face-to-face where you can talk through these options, ensuring you have the information you need to make the right decision.
Pension Wise can help you:
- Understand the right things to think about when considering your choices, such as your plans to continue working, your personal and financial circumstances, and leaving money after you die
- Understand the different options for accessing your pension pot(s), and the potential advantages and disadvantages of each
- Understand the tax implications of each choice
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CAB News 18 October 2019
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Friday 20 September 2019 New research from Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust highlights the financial difficulties faced by people during the 5-week wait for Universal Credit. Universal Credit Food bank demand surges in areas where people have received universal credit for longest, figures show The Independent, 19/09/2019, May Bulman Demand for food banks has
Read MoreCitizens Advice calls for Three to stop ripping off its loyal customers
Friday 20 September 2019 Customers of Three Mobile who are being penalised for their loyalty will continue to be overcharged by between £1.5 and £2.7 million a month, reveals Citizens Advice. The charity is calling for Three to join the other major mobile providers, who agreed to voluntary commitments in July to better protect loyal
Read MoreCAB News 13 September 2019
Friday 13 September 2019 Citizens Advice Scams Action has been featured in an ITV documentary about fraud. National Consumer Citizens Advice Scams Action ready to help Fraud: The Public Threat, Tonight, ITV1, 12/09/2019, 7.30pm (about 20′ into clip). Helen Skelton Our new service Citizens Advice Scams Action was featured on ITV’s Tonight programme yesterday. The
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