{"id":720,"date":"2010-05-05T20:49:13","date_gmt":"2010-05-05T20:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?p=720"},"modified":"2018-01-18T20:56:31","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T20:56:31","slug":"debt-worries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edinburghagainstpoverty.org.uk\/?p=720","title":{"rendered":"Debt Worries?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Debt worries?… you don’t have to stand alone! If you are receiving paltry pay packets or feeble benefits yet still struggling to pay outrageous council tax demands or simply trying to afford a decent home and stuff to put in it you’re probably in debt.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

If we allow it to a burden of debt can grind us down, keep us awake at night, make life miserable. Daily bombardments of final demands, threatening letters and menacing phone calls leave us feeling anxious and isolated. It’s time to realise that the Sheriff’s Officers are not as scary as they’d like us to think.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

We have recently revised and updated our information on resisting debt enforcement.\u00a0 The purpose of this article is to offer support, encouragement and advice to anyone who finds themselves up against Sheriff’s Officers. Lessons learnt over a decade ago during the anti-poll tax struggle show that armed with a blend of sound information, solidarity and a strong nerve we can leave the snoops and bullies chasing shadows and pleading for pennies.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you feel it’s all getting too much the solution is simple – solidarity!\u00a0 For the facts on how resist sheriff officers and debt collectors <\/span>click here to go to our page on Debt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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