Advice services

Everyone needs advice to allow them to make the right informed decision. In some cases, you might need more detailed advice to help resolve your problems. These could range from dealing with debt, accessing benefits, employment, legal or housing issues

The council’s advice service works with others to support vulnerable people in our communities and help partners carry out promotional work that will prevent people getting into debt.

In Argyll and Bute, impartial, confidential advice is available from a variety of national or local sources:

Argyll and Bute Council provides free impartial, confidential advice on welfare rights, complex debt to particularly vulnerable clients, and homelessness;
Independent advice agencies, including Argyll and Bute Citizens Advice Bureau and Bute Advice Centre;
Money Skills Argyll helps people who live across Argyll and Bute, aged 16 and over, living in a jobless household, a single adult household with dependent children, or low income employed to be more in control of your money by offering support with debt and money advice, computer skills, money management, income maximisation and affordable warmth / fuel poverty;
Argyll and Bute Advice Network (ABAN) is a directory of services, providing information and advice on a range of issues including benefits, housing, carers support, youth services and advice for older people;
National helplines, including Citizens Advice Scotland; Money Advice Scotland and the National Debtline who provide on-line advice.