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Useful contacts

Job Centre Plus
Help applying for jobs and benefit information.  Job Centre Plus offices serving the District.

Citizens Advice Bureaux (CAB)
Advice and support on debt and money, welfare benefits, tax credits and employment. See the following link for CABs serving Sevenoaks District.

Connexions
Job and career advice for 13 to 19 year olds. Local Connexion Access Points (CAP) are:

• Tonbridge CAP, Landsdowne Mews, 196 High Street, Tonbridge TN9 1BE Call 01732 361257
• Dartford CAP, 31 to 33 Hythe Street, Dartford DA1 1BE. Call 01322 281214

Sevenoaks Debt Advice Centre
Thursday evening advice surgeries by appointment at the Vine Evangelical Church, Hitchen Hatch Lane, Sevenoaks
TN13 3AT. Call 01732 459599. 

Money made clear
Information from the Financial Services Authority including advice on managing your money, debt and credit advice as well the 'debt calculator' to help you reduce your outgoings. 

National Debtline
Help dealing with debt problems. Call 0808 808 4000 or visit.

Payplan
Debt solutions and debt advice. Call 0800 917 7823 or visit

Consumer Credit Counselling Service
Offers assistance in resolving multiple debts. Call 0800 38 1111 or visit

Financial Services Authority (FSA)
Operates a consumer helpline and produces a series of guides on how to manage money. Call 0845 606 1234 or visit

Financial Services Ombudsman
Aims to settle unresolved disputes between customers and mortgage providers. Call 0845 080 1800 or visit

Volunteering
Volunteering can act as a stepping stone back into employment. Your local Volunteer Centres are:

Volunteer Centre Edenbridge, The Edenbridge Centre, Four Elms Road, Edenbridge Kent TN8 6AD.
Call 01732 866901 or e-mail volunteering@vawk.org.uk 

Volunteer Centre Sevenoaks, Volunteer Centre Sevenoaks, The Bradbourne School, Bradbourne Vale Road, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 3LE
Call 01732 454785 or e-mail volunteering@vawk.org.uk 
Swanley & District Volunteer Centre, Library & Information Centre, London Road, Swanley BR8 7AE
Call 01322 669292 or 0845 241 2180 or
e-mail info@swanleyvolunteers.com

See more information about volunteering.

Age concern
Age Concern Sevenoaks and District – Old Meeting House, St John's Road, Sevenoaks, Kent  TN13 3LR. Appointment available for information and advice. To book an appointment call 01732 454108.

Rural Age Concern Darenth Valley (RACDV) 
27 to 37 High Street, Swanley, Kent BR8 8AE. Debt counselling and advice. Registered and licensed with the Office of Fair Trading for debt Adjusting & Counselling. Day centres are located at Swanley, Fawkham and New Ash Green. Call 01322 666448/666118/668106, fax 01322 615071 or e-mail to agconcern@ic24.net.

For information and advice over the phone contact Age concern England on 0800 00 99 66.

See also the older people's pages on this website.