Debt charity, the Consumer Credit Counselling Service (CCCS), has been awarded the Learning Partnership of the Year award from the Institute of Credit Management, which it worked with to create the first professional debt advice qualification.

The charity was praised by the ICM as having achieved "remarkable results in the world of consumer credit". 

CCCS partnered with ICM to create the first diploma in money and debt advice which is available to all working in the area of money and debt advice and is on the Qualifications and Credit Framework.