Welcome to
advice.scot
What Is advice.scot?
advice.scot is Scotland’s largest digital advice hub. All of the services we provide are completely free at the point of use. We offer a genuine multi-channel service and our aim is to help customers access advice and information using the channel of their choice.
- Free, practical, and impartial advice and information for everyone
- Support available online or over the telephone
- Comprehensive Knowledge Centre
Benefits Calculator
You can use our benefits calculator to get a free and impartial assessment of all the benefits you are entitled to and what you have to do to claim them.
Visit the ‘Benefits’ section of our Knowledge centre by clicking below.
About us
Why do we exist?
Our mission is to connect advice and information with the people who need it. We believe technology will allow us to address the huge unmet need for help and advice in Scotland.
advice.scot is the online identity of Advice Direct Scotland.
Impartial advice should be available to everyone in Scotland, at no cost, regardless of personal circumstance. No subject matter is inconsequential, unimportant or a waste of time. Pick up the phone, ping off an email, talk to us via webchat or even send us a tweet – we are here for you whenever you need us.
Further Information
Knowledge Centre
We take more than 700,000 contacts annually, across our organisations, and have now amassed almost 3,000,000 separate cases.
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I keep hearing about all the support that is being made available to help with the cost-of-living, but I am unsure where to start. My landlord has told me they will be putting my rent up, my energy costs are sky-high, and I can barely afford to get by. Can you help?
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The cost-of-living crisis has me really struggling to make ends meet. I feel like I am not getting anywhere and am living month-to-month. My electricity bills are through the roof, and I cannot see a way forward because of the amount of debt that I am in. Can you help?
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