Advice NI

You can call the freephone advice helpline or email for advice, including on benefits, tax credits and debt. For face-to-face help, they point you to a local advice centre.

Good to know

The helpline is freephone. For face-to-face advice you contact an Advice NI member, which the site calls your local advice centre. Advice NI is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.

Before you call

They can

  • give advice on benefits, personal debt and managing bills, through the freephone helpline on 0800 915 4604
  • answer by email at advice@adviceni.net
  • point you to an Advice NI member near you if you need face-to-face advice

They cannot

  • see you in person themselves: for face-to-face advice you contact a local advice centre run by an Advice NI member

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Coverage
Northern Ireland
Languages
English
Last checked
October 3, 2026

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