Money Advice Direct
FREEPHONE 0800 074 6918
Please note that Money Advice Direct Debt Advice Service is a national organisation covering the entire UK. Please note that the service operates from offices in London and a national telephone advice centre in the north of England. The service does not operate a physical office or a seperate team in each of the city and regions listed on this page.
Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. Located by the River Calder. A 'shocking' number of households are living with serious debt problems in Wakefield. The worst affected areas are the council estates in Wakefield in West Yorkshire, where 53% of families exist on benefits and rely on credit cards and store cards to supplement household incomes.
At Money Advice Direct debt team national debt advice team covering the whole of the UK including Wakefield the staff can advise and assist you on all aspects of debt and on the options available. We can
advise you face to face or by telephone, and regularly conduct home visits for our vulnerable clients and those with special needs. We can advise and assist on Debt Management Plans, IVAs, bankruptcy, bailiffs, court forms, creditor negotiation and repossessions including representation at court hearings in some cases.
The national debt advice service covers the entire UK. Research show that Wakefield families seeking debt help has almost tripled in the past three years. The average in West Yorkshire owes £26,000.
Credit has been too easily available to people with despite being on low incomes. For many debt is often manageable until crisis strikes. Families can cope until the main breadwinner falls ill, or loses their job, or there is a divorce. Suddenly the family, thought to have manageable debts, is struggling to keep its head above water.
IVA to clear debts over £17,000 owed to at least 3 separate creditors. (subject to terms and conditions)
The IVA or Individual Voluntary Arrangement provides an opportunity a person struggling with unsecured personal loans or credit card debts of over £17,000, owed to at least 3 creditors, an opportunity to make a payment proposal to their creditors. An IVA is like a shield that protects people in Wakefield from Bankruptcy. Read more about the IVA here.
IVA Advantages
Debt Management Advice on debts over £2,000
Debt management plan could be the ideal way of turning your loan, credit card, store card and overdraft payments into one affordable, single monthly payment, helping you pay off your debts – and get on with your life.(subject to terms and conditions) To apply for a Debt Management Plan click here.
Bankruptcy Explained - While consumers will fight to keep their jobs and their family homes, for those who lose both and have substantial debts there is often little reason not to declare themselves bankrupt. If your debts are particularly high and / or your income is low, you may need to consider making yourself bankrupt. Bankruptcy is a legal process that will share out your assets fairly among your creditors, so you can write off your outstanding debt and make a fresh start. Read more about Bankruptcy
The 24 hour debt helpline staff are able to offer advice on the following areas and much more:-
Money Advice Direct national debt advice service covers the whole UK including the following areas of Wakefield and West Yorkshire:-
Baildon • Batley • Bingley • Bradford • Brighouse • Castleford • Cleckheaton • Denholme • Dewsbury • Elland • Featherstone • Garforth • Guiseley • Halifax • Hebden Bridge • Heckmondwike • Hemsworth • Holmfirth • Huddersfield • Ilkley • Keighley • Knottingley • Leeds • Meltham • Mirfield • Morley • Mytholmroyd • Normanton • Ossett • Otley • Pontefract • Pudsey • Rothwell • Shipley • Silsden • South Elmsall • Sowerby Bridge • Todmorden • Wakefield • Wetherby • Yeadon
Money Advice Direct is committed to providing , confidential, independent and non-judgmental advice to all residents of Wakefield and West Yorkshire. Call Money Advice Direct’s FREEPHONE on 0800 074 6918. You can also apply online by simply completing the online form. One of the debt advice team will call you as early as possible to personally discuss to debt advice how to get free (subject to terms and conditions).
Please note that the Bankruptcy-Insolvency.co.uk Debt Service is a national organisation covering the entire UK. Please note that the service operates from offices in London and a national telephone advice centre in the north of England. The service does not operate a physical office or a seperate team in each of the city and regions listed on this page.
This is a list of offical cities within the United Kingdom covered by Money Advice Direct.
List of counties covered by Money Advice Direct