Centre 70 has been providing expert, quality advice since 1970, so we know what you are going through and how to help.  All our advice is free, impartial and confidential.  

Depending on your circumstances, we could help you with:

Housing

  • Possession & eviction
  • Homelessness
  • Disrepair
  • Landlord and Tenant issues
  • Social Landlord accommodation suitability and transfer

Benefits

  • Check and advise on your entitlements
  • Challenging decisions

Debt

  • Strategies for debt
  • Reducing / challenging debts
  • Repayment negotiations
  • Applying for insolvency
  • Income Maximisation
  • Budgeting and Money Management Advice

Student finance

  • Information on grants, budgeting & savings
  • Student finance options

Utilities

  • Managing or decreasing your utilities debt
  • Helping switch suppliers
  • Applying for discounts / grants

Please also see our useful contacts page.

Go to contact page to see how to contact for advice.

Please note we have limited resources and there is a very high demand for our services and so if we can help with the issue there is  sometimes a wait before an appointment but we will always try to give you information or alternative suggestions in the meantime.

We do not or can not advise

  • Where the matter is outside the areas listed above and we do not provide advice on such matters. Please see our useful contacts page
  • If you live outside a catchment area that our funding covers, which is generally Lambeth and surrounding boroughs
  • Where we are at capacity and suspended taking cases on. Please see our useful contacts page
  • Where we are not registered or regulated to provide advice such as Immigration advice, advice on investments and financial products
  • Where there is a conflict of interest
  • Employers on issues relating to employees
  • On criminal matters
  • Leaseholders on leasehold issues (can help with debts, mortgage possession) see our useful contacts page for details of LEASE Advisory service
  • Landlords on letting and tenant issues or on company/commercial lettings
  • Those pursuing someone for a debt
  • Private companies and company and commercial related matters
  • Where our services have been withdrawn due to behaviour, breach of policies or conduct