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Our Community Money Advice Centre (CMAC) offers free, confidential and independent advice to anyone who lives within Birmingham City boundaries. Backed by a Matrix Mark and members of the Institute of Money Advisers, we provide specialist help in both debt and welfare benefits. Our advisers are paid, trained and experienced staff who understand that being in debt can be stressful and difficult.
Drop In
We are open every week day for drop in from 9:30am-5:00pm. Everyone who becomes a client of Birmingham Settlement’s money advice service, is given a welfare benefits check and budgeting assistance.
We also work alongside individuals to draw up a list of income and expenditure in order to establish what they can and can’t afford to pay. We will then prioritise the debts, deal with the most important ones first (like rent or council tax or gas), help work out other repayments (like store cards and catalogue debts) and negotiate with creditors.
If a client has to go to court, we’ll normally be able to represent them.
If part of the debt problem is due to not being paid the correct benefits, then we’ll help to resolve this too.