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Service / Project	Cash In Your Pocket Partnership
Sector	Private
Address Line 1	74 Huntly Street

City	Aberdeen
Postcode	AB10 1TD
Phone Number	01224 200221

Send Email >>	info@ciypp.co.uk
Visit Website >>	http://www.ciyp.co.uk
Brief Outline of Service	Cash In Your Pocket is a single point of access to a number of financial services in Aberdeen, including SCARF, CAB, Care and Repair and Credit Unions. The aim is to make it easier for people to access financial services and to make cross agency referral much easier. The services linked with CIYP help anybody within Aberdeen City who requires help with benefit issues, improvements within the home (e.g. insulation, fuel meters/suppliers, repairs/improvements, central heating), debt and borrowing (e.g. fuel debt, debt advice, low cost loans), making money go further (food initiatives, savings options) and fire / safety checks.

Area of Operation
City Wide	Yes	North	Yes
South	Yes	Central	Yes


Who is the Service for?
Male	Yes	Female	Yes
Children	No	Families	Yes
Age range	All ages

Personal Circumstances catered for
Pregnancy	No	People with children	Yes
People on benefits	Yes	People with pets	No
People who smoke	Yes	Former Prisoners	Yes
Offenders	Yes	Ex Armed Forces	Yes
Physical health & wellbeing	No	Diagnosed mental illness	No
Mental health problems	No	Discharged from hospital	Yes
Domestic abuse	No	Alcohol misuse	No
Drug misuse	No	People in drug treatment	No
Rent arrears	Yes	Mortgage problems / repossession	Yes
Evicted / asked to leave by landlord	Yes


Are there any groups you cannot accept?	None
Access to the Service
What is the charge to the client?	No charge
Is the client expected to pay personally?	No

Who can refer clients?
Professional referral	Yes	Self referral	Yes

How?
In person (drop-in)?	No	By telephone	Yes
By appointment	No
Other (please specify)	referral form or Cash In Your Pocket webbased database
Any other relevant details	Self referral by using referral form or agency referral through the web-based Cash In Your Pocket database. (The database is available for professionals at http://www.ciyp.co.uk. You must have a username and password to access this resource.)

Opening Times
Which days are you open?	Weekdays Only	Do you open 24 hours?	No
Opening Hours	Office Hours
Emergency / out of hours service?	No

Do you operate year round or seasonally?	Year-Round

Are there any specific closures?	Local and Public Holidays

Additional needs catered for
Literacy	No	Hearing Impairment	No
Visual Impairment	No	Physical Disability	No
Wheelchair Users	No	Learning Disability	No
Dementia	No	Other	No


Additional Information
Details of all selected categories	Financial, Accommodation Advice. Practical Help. Education, Training, Employment & Life Skills.

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Cash In Your Pocket Partnership

This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy © Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008

This project is funded by The Aberdeen Homelessness Strategy
© Aberdeen Council of Voluntary Organisations 2008