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<p>Government is supporting, free, independent and social welfare advice, including
through the Advice Services Transition Fund (ASTF).</p><p>The ASTF is supporting the
sector to be able to respond with confidence to the challenges presented by the changing
funding environment. The ASTF is a transformational fund and, rather than providing
running costs, it is designed to support more collaborative and sustainable ways of
working.</p><p>We are working with the Big Lottery Fund to ensure that learning from
the fund is identified and shared across the advice services sector.</p>
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