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Service update notice (April 2021): Drop in closed
 
Our 'drop in' service and face to face appointments are suspended for the foreseeable future, due to the Coronavirus outbreak. For the time being, the main way to get advice is over the phone or by email.

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From this website you can contact us about your issue and we can give you advice via email.
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Get help applying for Universal Credit

Our Help to Claim service can support you in the early stages of your Universal Credit claim, from the application, through to your first payment.

Help to Claim is a dedicated service from Citizens Advice. It’s free, independent and confidential. Our trained advisers can help with things like how to gather evidence for your application or how to prepare for your work coach appointment.

Call us for free: 0800 144 8 444
Monday - Friday 8am - 6pm

Visit us for advice in person at any of our offices throughout Wiltshire: see above for details of our opening times and where to find us.

For online advice visit: citizensadvice.org.uk/helptoclaim External link

By phone

Advice is available from us over the phone throughout Wiltshire as part of our national phone service, Adviceline.

Call us for free on 0800 144 8848
Lines are open:
9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Closed on public holidays.

If you call from a mobile, we’ll ask you to enter an example of a local landline number. This can be any Wiltshire number - we only use it to send your call to a local adviser if one’s available.

Relay UK (if you can't hear or speak on the phone): 18001 then 0800 144 8884

Call our debt helpline
Phone: 0800 240 4420

The debt helpline is available 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. It’s not available on public holidays.

Relay UK - if you can't hear or speak on the phone, you can type what you want to say to the debt helpline: 18001 then 0800 240 4420

You can use Relay UK with an app or a textphone. There’s no extra charge to use it. Find out how to use Relay UK. External link

Call costs
Calls to our Adviceline phone service and consumer helpline are free from mobiles and landlines. These numbers begin with 0800 or 0808.

Calls to numbers that begin with 03 cost the same as calling landline numbers that, begin with 01 and 02.
For more on call costs External link

Advice on consumer issues

Citizens Advice also has a consumer helpline.

Our consumer service provides advice on issues around buying goods or services. This includes being treated unfairly by a trader, receiving a poor service or you may want to switch energy suppliers or cancel a contract.

How to contact the consumer service External link

In person

Service update: April 2021
 Our 'drop in' service is temporarily suspended until further notice, due to the Coronavirus outbreak.

For the time being we are operating a telephone and email advice service only (see left / above for details of how to contact those services).
Opening times and where to find us
Calne
The Library, The Strand, Calne SN11 0JU
Monday - 10am to 3pm 
Closed on bank holidays 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Chippenham
3 Avon Reach, Monkton Hill
Chippenham SN15 1EE
Monday, Tuesday and Friday - 10am to 3pm
Closed on bank holidays 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Devizes
New Park Street, Devizes SN10 1DY
Monday and Thursday - 10am to 3pm
Closed on bank holidays 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Melksham
Town Hall, Market Place
Melksham SN12 6ES
Friday - 10am to 3pm 
Closed on bank holidays 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Royal Wootton Bassett
The Library, Borough Fields, 
Royal Wootton Bassett SN4 7AX
Wednesday - 10am to 3pm 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Salisbury
Five Rivers Health & Wellbeing Centre,
Hulse Road, Salisbury SP1 3NR 
Monday, Tuesday and Thursday - 10am to 3pm
Closed on bank holidays 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Tidworth
The Community Centre, Wylye Road
Tidworth SP9 7QQ
Wednesday - 10am to 3pm 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Trowbridge
We moved! Our new address from Monday 15 March 2021 is:
Trinity House
Bryer Ash Business Park
(next to the train station)
Trowbridge
BA14 8HE
Our 'drop in' and face to face services remain temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service.
Warminster
The Library, Three Horseshoes Walk,
Warminster BA12 9BT
Tuesday - 10am to 3pm 
As a precaution, our 'drop in' service has been temporarily suspended until further notice. For now, we are operating a telephone and email advice only service. 

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