A service that helps residents across North Ayrshire to increase their income has been praised for reducing people’s financial stress and easing their money worries.
North Ayrshire’s welfare rights and money advice service, run by North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership, has helped boost residents’ income by more than £20 million in the last year.
The Money Smart team helps individuals and families with their finances, by ensuring they are able to access and maximise benefits and offering debt advice.
The free, impartial and confidential service is available to all Council tenants and non-Council tenants (those living in housing association homes or private lets, and…