Dealing with Debt: finding your feet
Your local services
Money Advice
Cost-free and confidential
For the Lothian & Borders Area
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Sheriff Court:
Duns
Edinburgh
Haddington
Jedburgh
Linlithgow
Peebles
Selkirk
Council:
City of Edinburgh
East Lothian
Midlothian
Scottish Borders
West Lothian
How to use this leaflet:
This leaflet gives details of agencies in your area that give free, independent, impartial, confidential money advice.
You will find addresses, phone numbers and
e-mail and website addresses where they are available.
There are also details of the sheriff court and council areas covered by the agency. Some agencies provide advice in more than one sheriff court area - if this is the case they will be listed in full.
If an agency has disabled access or can provide court representation this will be indicated by the symbols displayed below. Individual agencies may have other outlying offices - phone the main agency number to find out about availability.
Court Representation available | 
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Roxburgh Citizens Advice Bureau
1 Towerdykeside
Hawick TD9 9EA
Phone: 01450 374266
Email: bureau@roxburghcab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Duns, Jedburgh
Council: Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders Council
St Dunstans, High Street
Melrose TD6 9RU
Phone: 01896 823922
Email: advice.tradingstandards@scotborders.gov.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Duns, Jedburgh, Selkirk
Council: Scottish Borders
City of Edinburgh Council
The Advice Shop, 85-87 South Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1HN
Phone: 0131 225 1255
Email: advice.shop@edinburgh.gov.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Community Help & Advice Initiative
1 Murrayburn Gate, Wester Hailes
Edinburgh EH14 2SS
Phone: 0131 422 2424
Email: chaiadvice@mail.wh1.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Dalkeith & District Citizens Advice Bureau
8 Buccleuch Street
Dalkeith EH22 1HA
Phone: 0131 663 3688
Email: bureau@dalkeithcab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: Midlothian
Edinburgh (Central) Citizens Advice Bureau
58 Dundas Street
Edinburgh EH3 6QZ
Phone: 0131 557 1500
Email: bureau@edincentcab.cabnet.org.uk
www.edinburgh0.freeserve.co.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Gorgie/Dalry) Citizens Advice Bureau
Fountainbridge Library, 137 Dundee Street
Edinburgh EH11 1BG
Phone: 0131 474 8080
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Leith) Citizens Advice Bureau
166 Great Junction Street
Edinburgh EH6 5LJ
Phone: 0131 554 8144
Email: bureau@edinleithcab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Areas: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Pilton) Citizens Advice Bureau
661 Ferry Road
Edinburgh EH4 2TX
Phone: 0131 332 9434
Email: bureau@edinpiltcab.cabnet.org.uk
www.cas.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Edinburgh (Portobello) Citizens Advice Bureau
191 Portobello High Street
Edinburgh EH15 1EU
Phone: 0131 669 7138
Email: edinpbellcab@cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Granton Information Centre
134-136 West Granton Road
Edinburgh EH5 1PE
Phone: 0131 537 2459
Email: enquiries@gic.visps.com
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Penicuik Citizens Advice Bureau
14a John Street
Penicuik EH26 8AB
Phone: 01968 679918
Email: joe@penicuikcab.freeserve.co.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: Midlothian
Prospect Community Housing
6 Westburn Avenue, Wester Hailes
Edinburgh EH14 2TH
Phone: 0131 272 5038
Email: peter.mowat@prospectch.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
The Rights Office
117 Nicholson Street, Southside Community Centre
Edinburgh EH8 9YG
Phone: 0131 667 6339
Sheriff Court Area/s: Edinburgh
Council: City of Edinburgh
Haddington Citizens Advice Bureau
38 Market Street
Haddington EH41 3JE
Phone: 01620 824471
Email: bureau@haddingcab.cabnet.org.uk
www.haddington.cab.care4free.net
Sheriff Court Area/s: Haddington
Council: East Lothian
Musselburgh Citizens Advice Bureau
141 High Street
Musselburgh EH21 7DD
Phone: 0131 653 2748
Email: bureau@mburghcab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Haddington
Council: East Lothian
Central Borders Citizens Advice Bureau
111 High Street
Galashiels TD1 1RZ
Phone: 01896 753889
Email: bureau@cborderscab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Jedburgh, Selkirk
Council: Scottish Borders
Dundas Resource Centre
Oxgang Road
Grangemouth FK3 9EF
Phone: 01324 504311
E-mail: allan.peters@falkirk.gov.uk
www.falkirk.gov.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Linlithgow
Council: Falkirk
West Lothian Citizens Advice Bureau
Suite 7, Shiel House
Craigshill
Livingston EH54 5EH
Phone: 01506 432977
Email: bureau@wlothiancab.cabnet.org.uk
www.cabwestlothian.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Linlithgow
Council: West Lothian
West Lothian Council Advice Shop
Unit 9-12, Waverly Industrial Estate
Waverly Street
Bathgate EH48 4HY
Phone: 01506 776444
Email: advice.shop@westlothian.gov.uk
www.westlothian.gov.uk/adviceshop
Sheriff Court Area/s: Linlithgow
Council: West Lothian
Peebles Citizens Advice Bureau
42 Old Town
Peebles EH45 8JF
Phone: 01721 721722
Email: bureau@peeblescab.cabnet.org.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s: Peebles
Council: Scottish Borders
National Advice Lines:
Scottish Debtline (CCCS)
4th Floor, 91 Mitchell Street
Glasgow G1 3LN
Phone: 0800 138 3328
Email: info@scottish.debtline.co.uk
www.scottishdebtline.co.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s:
All Scotland
Council: All Scotland
National Debtline
Abbotshall Road
Kirkcaldy KY1 1RU
Phone: 0808 808 4000
Email: advice@nationaldebtline.co.uk
www.nationaldebtline.co.uk
Sheriff Court Area/s:
All Scotland
Council: All Scotland
Alternative formats and community language versions of this leaflet are available on request from the Scottish Executive, Justice Department, St Andrew's House,
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 4835.