AdviceUK
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AdviceUK is a membership body for organisations and services that provide free and independent advice across England, Scotland and Wales and a charity registered with the Charity Commission. Typically its members are charities and community groups that work in a particular geographical location or with a clearly defined client group.
It was formed in 1979 as the Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC), partly in response to the difficulties that many community-based advice services encountered when trying to obtain professional indemnity insurance.
AdviceUK is a member of the Advice Services Alliance and has been designated as a Competent Authority to administer Debt Relief Order
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It is also listed as an umbrella body for not-for-profit providers of generalist or specialist social welfare advice.
It was formed in 1979 as the Federation of Independent Advice Centres (FIAC), partly in response to the difficulties that many community-based advice services encountered when trying to obtain professional indemnity insurance.
AdviceUK is a member of the Advice Services Alliance and has been designated as a Competent Authority to administer Debt Relief Order
Debt Relief Order
Chapter 4 of the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 introduced Debt Relief Orders as a new form of bankruptcy in the United Kingdom. A DRO will be a simplified, quicker and cheaper alternative to bankruptcy in the United Kingdom, suitable for debtors who have few or no assets and little...
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It is also listed as an umbrella body for not-for-profit providers of generalist or specialist social welfare advice.