Charities

People who have suffered domestic violence and want to take their case to court can be charged more than £100 to get their GP to support their legal aid application - and could even pay up to £300 - a MoneySavingExpert.com investigation reveals.

Cash machine users can donate money to charities from NatWest, RBS and Tesco ATMs from this week — but good causes will not get Gift Aid payments.

Poor families struggling to heat their homes this winter are not getting the help they need from energy suppliers, a charity warned today.

Funding cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in England and Wales have left tens of thousands in debt with nowhere to turn for help, the charity revealed this week.

BT has launched an online charity-giving website that provides good causes with almost all of the amount donated.

A coalition of charities has called on the Government to improve the take-up of benefits.

One in 20 people described 2009 as their worst year ever and almost half said they were most worried about money or debt, a survey showed today.

Hundreds of thousands of pensioners will see their benefit entitlement rise by up to £415 a year from today.

Indebted consumers are being lured into agreeing loans with annual interest rates of well over 2,000%.