{"id":10538,"date":"2021-03-08T14:25:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2021-03-08T14:32:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T14:32:46","slug":"wlcs-advice-shop-and-the-citizens-advice-bureau-west-lothian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/2021\/03\/08\/wlcs-advice-shop-and-the-citizens-advice-bureau-west-lothian\/","title":{"rendered":"WLC\u2019s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Message from WLC\u2019s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian, both of which offer support and advice to families with money worries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>Advice Shop<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">We know this can be a challenging time for some households.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">If you\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN\">have money worries and need\u00a0help, please contact the Advice Shop by phoning 01506 283000 to speak to an adviser who can offer advice and support. Or complete the referral form:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk\/advice-shop-referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Advice Shop Online Referral Form<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">If you are in urgent need of immediate financial assistance West Lothian Council&#8217;s Scottish Welfare Fund may be able to help. Please refer to the guidance to apply for a crisis grant:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"x_MsoListParagraph\"><span lang=\"EN\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.westlothian.gov.uk.old\/article\/4362\/Scottish-Welfare-Fund\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">Scottish Welfare Fund<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Our \u2018Money Talks\u2019 team is a Scottish Government sponsored scheme specifically introduced to help families and older people at or approaching retirement age or any other low income household. This is a very positive programme which will have a major contribution to the reduction in Child Poverty.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Citizens Advice Bureau<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The team can offer a free, complete and confidential financial health check to make sure that families have all the support needed and where there is some worry about debt to get access to specialist help. The check can also identify if families are paying too much for services like gas and electricity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The team can access other specialist services about money, work, benefits or indeed any other issue that families might need a bit of advice about.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Parents can get in touch by:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Calling our advice line \u2013 01506 432977 (9am to 5pm Monday to Friday) and ask for a call back from Money Talks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Texting us on 07712 305764<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Emailing us at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:enquiries@cabwestlothian.casonline.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">enquiries@cabwestlothian.casonline.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0and ask for Money Talks<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Visiting our website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cabwestlothian.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">www.cabwestlothian.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0where they can find links to self-help advice and how to access the national Money Talks service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Message from WLC\u2019s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian, both of which offer support and advice to families with money worries. Advice Shop We know this can be a challenging time for some households. If you\u00a0have money worries and need\u00a0help, please contact the Advice Shop by phoning 01506 283000 to speak to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/2021\/03\/08\/wlcs-advice-shop-and-the-citizens-advice-bureau-west-lothian\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">WLC\u2019s Advice Shop and the Citizens Advice Bureau West Lothian<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3297,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3297"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10538"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10541,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10538\/revisions\/10541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/wl\/Polkemmetps\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}