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Another six centres have been announced to provide the new face to face pensions guidance service Pension Wise.
Citizens Advice said the extra delivery centres will be based at Southwark, Brent and Waltham Forest in London, plus Chelmsford, Wigan and Kirklees.
In January Citizens Advice named the first 44 delivery centres and the latest bring the total to 50.
Overall, there will be 500 places from which the service will operate across England and Wales, with each centre having outreach locations or sub-centres.
The delivery centres have been selected to offer a geographical spread using data on population approaching retirement age, according to Gillian Guy, chief executive of Citizens Advice.
She said: "Pension Wise is the starting point in helping people to take control of their finances for retirement. Face to face guidance will enable people to understand their pension options and how they relate to their own situation, so they can make informed choices.

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"The size of the Citizens Advice network means that we can be flexible and respond to demand by providing support in the nearest available locations, giving easy access to Pension Wise."
Each delivery centre will employ between three and eight paid, fully trained members of Pension Wise guidance staff.
Staff numbers across the delivery centres and the outreach locations will vary depending on the size of the areas covered and the size of the local population who would benefit from guidance.
People will be able to go into any Citizens Advice Bureau to find out about Pension Wise, check if they would benefit from a guidance session and be helped to get an appointment.
Pension Wise guidance will also be delivered by a telephone service operated by The Pension Advisory Service and online via the Government's Pension Wise website.

The 50 Citizens Advice Pension Wise delivery centres are:

East Midlands

Derbyshire Districts

Lincoln and District

Leicestershire

East of England

Peterborough

Central and East

Northamptonshire

Stevenage

Diss, Thetford and District

London

Brent

Merton and Lambeth

East End

Sutton Borough

Waltham Forest

Southwark

North East

North Tyneside

Darlington

North West

Cheshire West

Manchester

North Liverpool

Allerdale

Lancashire West

Wigan

South East

Rushmoor

West Oxon

Hastings and Rother 1066

High Wycombe

Arun and Chichester

Bournemouth

Maidstone

Chelmsford

South West

Plymouth

Taunton

Cornwall

Wiltshire

West Midlands

Staffordshire Southwest

Wolverhampton

Shropshire

Coventry

Worcester and WHABAC

Yorkshire and Humber

Hull and East Riding

Sheffield

Leeds

Hambelton and Richmondshire

Kirklees

Wales

Powys

Cardiff and Vale

Caerphilly

Denbighshire

Ynys Mon

Pembrokeshire

Ceredigion

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