Home and local services

Citizens Advice provides independent advice to help people understand and address everyday problems.

Citizens Advice Scotland supports the Scottish Citizens Advice network and provides information about its work, campaigns and advice access.

Advice NI is an independent advice network in Northern Ireland.

The Consumer Council is Northern Ireland's statutory consumer body.

Royal Mail's website provides information about its UK postal services and related customer tools.

The Post Office website provides information about services available through its UK business and branch network.

Checkatrade is a commercial website for finding tradespeople and home-service businesses.

TrustATrader is a commercial directory for people seeking local tradespeople.

Gumtree is a UK online marketplace for local buying, selling and classified advertisements.

Freecycle connects people through local groups where items can be given away or requested.

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The British Heart Foundation is a charity funding research into heart and circulatory diseases and providing public information and support.

Buy With Confidence is a directory of businesses approved through a Trading Standards scheme run by participating local authorities.

TrustMark is a government-endorsed quality scheme for work carried out in and around the home.

MyBuilder is a commercial service connecting people planning work on their homes with tradespeople.

Rated People is a commercial marketplace connecting homeowners with tradespeople.

Airtasker's UK service is a marketplace for finding people to carry out practical tasks.

Taskrabbit's UK service connects customers with people offering practical help around the home.

Bark is a commercial service for finding professionals across a range of local and business services.

Nextdoor is a neighborhood-based platform for local discussion, recommendations, community updates, and buying or selling nearby items.