Debt Advice Bus Takes To Streets Of Nottingham

Tue, 07 Jul 2009

Nottingham City Council’s debt busting bus is taking to the streets this week to help the city’s residents manage their money and avoid the debt trap .

Over the next few days the bus will be touring the city offering advice and information on a range of issues that might be causing problems for homeowners during the recession.

The bus’s first stop will be the Asda supermarket in the Hyson Green area on Wednesday, followed by the Old Market Square on Thursday and Bulwell market on Friday from 10am to 4pm. There will also be a debt advice stall in Clifton Cornerstone on Friday.

The tour forms part of a wider campaign to help local people, as well as local businesses through the recession.

Councillor Dave Trimble, Portfolio Holder for Culture, Leisure and Customers said: "The bus will be staffed by trained advisors who will have further information to give out on a range of debt issues ."

"Anyone feeling worried about getting into debt or needing help getting out of it, should come on board and meet one of the team.

"We realise that these are difficult times and residents may not know what support there is out there available to everyone. If our advisors can't help out on the day, they'll arrange for people to see someone who can, so it's well worth a visit."

Nottingham City Council is working in partnership with the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), Shelter, Advice Nottingham, and credit reference agency Experian, as well as its own Housing Aid and Welfare Rights services for the campaign.

Experian has been supporting the campaign to raise awareness of debt and money issues for the past six months, releasing data on which areas of the city have been hit by the downturn the most.

The company is also making copies of its credit advice guides available, which tackle issues such as redundancy and credit refusal .
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