Project start date: 7 April 2017
Project end date: 30 April 2018
CCG area(s) where this project operates: North
Neighbourhood(s) in which this project operates: Cheetham, Crumpsall
Programme objective(s) supported by this project:
2. to increase the take-up of Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme services among communities that find them difficult to access
3. to increase the level of support offered to people with mental health problems who find it difficult to access existing services in their neighbourhoods
Project summary: Pilot debt advice service run by a part-time Debt Adviser with 10 trained volunteers for people experiencing mental ill-health to resolve financial crises, stabilise situations, manage debts, and maximise incomes via face-to-face debt advice appointments. Detailed casework for those with complex debt problems e.g. to negotiate with creditors, stop bailiffs, prevent homelessness, prevent debt fees. Provide access to online budgeting and other money management tools.
Organisation name: Cheetham Hill Advice Centre
Organisation summary: CHAC’s primary purpose is to provide confidential advice, information and support to people from Cheetham and Crumpsall - an ethnically diverse and highly deprived area of Manchester - in order to alleviate poverty and improve health and wellbeing. CHAC was developed by the community 39 years ago and is now the sole surviving neighbourhood advice centre in Manchester.
Contact name: Barbara Guest
Contact number: 0161 740 2461
Contact email: [email protected]
Webpage address: www.cheethamadvice.org.uk
Postal address: 1-3 Morrowfield Ave, Cheetham Hill, Manchester M8 9AR