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Last year our Advice Works team

• dealt with 18,655 questions from people living in Renfrewshire
• represented people at 897 tribunals
• raised an extra £2,297,657.18 for local people through appeal tribunals
• helped local people receive £3,778,292 in new benefit claims
• helped people in Renfrewshire manage debts totalling £11.7m
• raised an extra £517,157 for people receiving home care

Targeted Advice Project (TAP) and Cancer and Palliative Care (CAPC)

• helped people in Renfrewshire manage debts totalling £332,013.24
• helped local people receive £1,785,580.73 through new claims for benefits and appeals against decisions on benefits
• worked with lenders to write off £20,820.79

Equal Access

• helped local people receive £321,598 through new claims for benefits

Healthier Wealthier Children

• helped local people receive £74,005.34 through new claims for benefits

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You can contact us at:

We operate Drop-in services at the following locations (no appointment needed)

Renfrewshire House
Customer Service Centre
Cotton Street
Paisley PA1 1HY
Monday, Tuesday and Friday
9am - 11am and 1pm - 3pm

Renfrew Health and Social Work Centre
10 Ferry Road
Renfrew
PA4 8RU
Wednesday 1pm - 3pm
Thursday, 1pm - 3pm

Bridgewater Library
Bridgewater Place
Erskine
PA8 7AA
Friday, 9am - 11am

Advice Works
8 Collier Street,
Johnstone
PA5 8AR
Monday to Thursday, 9am - 11am

Ferguslie Library
Tannahill Centre
Blackstoun Road
Paisley
Tuesday, 10am - 12am

For more information or an appointment at any of our outreach locations
contact our main office for further help and advice:

Renfrewshire Advice Works

• email: adviceworks@renfrewshire.gov.uk
• phone: 01505 382328 - for further information or an appointment at any of our advice surgeries or 01505 381055 benefit and debt helpline (Monday to Thursday 1pm - 4pm, Friday 1pm - 3.55pm)
• fax: 01505 381058
• call in or write to us at: Advice Works, 8 Collier Street, Johnstone, PA5 8AR

Opening times for the Advice Works service are Monday to Thursday, 8.45am - 4.45pm, and Friday, 8.45am - 3.55pm





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