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StepChange Debt Charity (formerly the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS)) is a debt charity registered in the United Kingdom. The organisation offers debt advice and money management and can be contacted through its freephone telephone helpline〔http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/borrowing/article7112903.ece〕 or online through StepChange Debt Remedy, its online debt advice tool.〔(Free online debt advice in 20 minutes | StepChange Debt Remedy (CCCS) )〕 Its chairman is Hector Sants.〔[http://www.stepchange.org/Mediacentre/Pressreleases/SirHectorSantsappointedChair.aspx〕 The chief executive of the charity is Mike O'Connor.〔[http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/news/1218046/stepchange-appoints-mike-oconnor-chief-executive/ StepChange appoints Mike O'Connor as chief executive | Third Sector]〕 ==History== The charity was founded in 1993 when Vic Ware OBE and Malcolm Hurlston introduced Consumer Credit Counselling Service to the UK via a pilot scheme based in Leeds.〔(House of Commons - Treasury - Written Evidence )〕〔http://www.mmc.gov.uk/inquiries/completed/2006/storecard/pdf/initial_subs_consumers_fcc.pdf〕 The introduction of debt counselling over the telephone proved to be a success and the charity expanded throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. The charity has continued to grow in recent years. In 2007 they established a non-profit StepChange Debt Charity - new name for Consumer Credit Counselling Service )〕 In 2014 the charity was contacted by 577,677 people seeking debt advice.〔http://www.stepchange.org/Mediacentre/Researchandreports/PersonalDebtStatisticsYearbook2014.aspx〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「StepChange Debt Charity」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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