Social Things · Northern Ireland
Work, training and benefits
Free help with finding work, retraining, and the money you're owed.
National helplines
If that doesn't answer
Advice NI — freephone advice helpline
0800 915 4604They don't publish their hours — worth a try
Covers Northern Ireland only.
They don't publish their opening hours — worth trying, but don't count on it being answered.
Free, independent advice on debt, arrears and the money you are owed. They can also put you in touch with your local advice centre if you would rather talk to somebody face to face.
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The Salvation Army
They don't publish their opening hours — worth trying, but don't count on it being answered.
The Salvation Army's Employment Plus offers tailored support to help people become job-ready and find work. Their finder takes your postcode and shows the nearest centre, with its address and phone number. It doesn't list opening hours, so ring first.
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Universal Credit Service Centre (Northern Ireland)
0800 012 1331Closed now · Opens tomorrow at 9am
Covers Northern Ireland only.
Mon–Fri, 9am–4pm. Closed on bank holidays.
Northern Ireland has its own Universal Credit service centre — the GB helpline (0800 328 5644) will not help you here. Note it closes at 4pm, earlier than the line you'll see quoted on UK-wide sites.
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What's nearby
Give us a postcode and we'll show you what's closest.
We know of employability services across the UK — but “nearby” isn't a question we can answer without knowing where, and handing you a list of the whole country would help nobody.