• Have you or anyone you know been approached by someone offering you a loan?
  
  
• Have you been offered a loan without a credit check?
  
  
• Are you paying lots of interest on the loan?
  
  
• Are you unsure how much you owe or how many more payments you have to make?
  
  
• Have you or your family been threatened as a result of not making repayments, including threats of violence or damage to property?

Help is Available!

Download the Public Protection Project Teams' Have you been bitten by a loan shark?' information leaflet (PDF doc, 2.6MB)

The Public Protection Project Team, a locally based team, employed by the Government to tackle loan sharks are here to help.

What the Public Protection Project Team can do to help

They can:

• Offer advice and support
• Refer you to legitimate credit agencies including credit unions, which are funded especially to help people like you
• Investigate complaints
• Prosecute people involved in loan sharking

How you can help the team

You can help them to:

• Reduce illegal money lending
• Discourage potential loan sharks
• Increase awareness
• Encourage other victims to come forward

Don't let loan sharks take a bite out of your life

Contact us

If you or anyone you know has been affected, please call the Public Protection Project 24 hour, 7 days a week confidential Hotline:

Hotline number: 0115 851 0351

• Your call is confidential
• We can call you back if you need us to

or you can email them at: stoploansharks@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Did you know?

• A loan shark is an unlicensed money lender. This means you may not have to pay back the loan
• A loan shark, if prosecuted, can be sent to prison

Other sources of help and support

Bulwell Credit Union
Tel: 0115 979 7770
Email: info@bulwellcreditunion.org.uk
Website: www.bulwellcreditunion.org.uk

Erewash Credit Union Ltd
Tel: 0115 932 9493
Website:  www.erewashcreditunion.org.uk

NottinghamCredit Union
Tel: 0115 841 4640
Website:  www.nottinghamcreditunion.com

The Nottingham Law Centre
Tel: 0115 978 7813
Email: enquiries@nottinghamlawcentre.org.uk

Nottingham Citizens Advice Bureau
Tel: 0115 938 8050
Website: www.nottinghamcab.org.uk or www.adviceguide.org.uk