Financial Wellbeing
Money can be stressful — but it doesn’t have to be. Discover resources and support designed to make life easier.
As a community based, not-for-profit financial provider, we not only provide loans and savings, but we also will try to assist people who are struggling. We will do our very best to provide help to find the right support when you need it. Please contact us on 028 807 61507 or call into the office and ask to speak privately with one of our staff members, if you have any concerns. Outside of the Credit Union, you may find yourself needing other forms of support. It is important to know that no matter what – ‘you are not alone!’.
Could you be missing out on valuable financial support without realising? £16 billion of benefits and tax credits remain unclaimed in the UK each year – most often by low income working households.
Not sure you’re getting all the help you’re entitled to? Use the Benefits Calculator to find out what you could claim.
Try the benefits calculator now (opens new window)
By entering a few details about your situation, you’ll get a free and impartial assessment of all the benefits and tax credits you are entitled to and what you have to do to claim them: from means tested benefits like Universal Credit and Child Tax Credit, right through to the latest benefits for energy bills.
Thanks to a simple phone call, thousands of people across Northern Ireland are now accessing money and other help that they previously weren’t receiving. The ‘Make the Call’ service from the Department for Communities enables you to find out quickly and easily whether you are receiving all the benefits, supports and services to which you are entitled.
0800 232 1271*
Text: ADVICE to 67300*
Mon-Fri: 9:00am to 5:00pm *network charges may apply www.nidirect.gov.uk/makethecall
Further information can be found here.
Advice & Support Services
Omagh Independent Advice Centre
A confidential and independent Advice Service in the Fermanagh and Omagh District
Council area: https://www.oias.co.uk Telephone 028 8224 3252
Advice NI
The independent advice network, providing to those who need it the most:
https://www.adviceni.net/ Freephone advice helpline: 0800 915 4604
Advice on talking to Creditors NI
See more here:
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/money-troubles/way-forward/talking-to-your-creditor
CAP NI
Provides a range of free professional services across the UK through local churches:
https://capuk.org/get-help
MoneyHelper
MoneyHelper brings together the support and services of three Government-backed financial
guidance providers: the Money Advice Service, the Pensions Advisory Service and Pension
Wise.
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en
StepChange Debt Charity
StepChange Debt Charity has a helpline and website providing free and impartial debt help to
people with debt problems.
http://stepchange.org.uk/
Freephone helpline (Monday to Friday from 8.00 am to 8.00 pm) 0800 138 1111
The Consumer Council
Provides free, independent support and advice for all consumers and businesses in Northern
Ireland.
https://www.consumercouncil.org.uk/
Freephone 0800 121 6022 or email contact@consumercouncil.org.uk
St Vincent de Paul
https://stvincendepaul.business.site.
∙A great online budget builder can be found at:
https://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/en/everyday-money/budgeting/budget-planner.
