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Tags: Coronavirus

Keep Universal Credit lifeline urges Citizens Advice Charnwood

Posted: Mon, 06 Sep 2021 12:20

'Keep Universal Credit lifeline' urges Citizens Advice Charnwood

  • Benefits cut of £20-a-week set to hit 1 in 10 working age people in Charnwood.
  • Local charity warns of increased debt and hardship if... Read More »

Be scam aware

Posted: Mon, 14 Jun 2021 12:49

PRESS RELEASE 14 June 2021


Citizens Advice Charnwood advise local people to be scam aware

78% of people across the East Midlands have been targeted by a scammer since January, new research by Citizens Advicehas... Read More »

Keep the Lifeline

Posted: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 15:33

Press Release. Keep the Lifeline

Citizens Advice Charnwood urges government against "devastating" Universal Credit cut

  • Local charity says 49% of people seeking its advice on benefits have never needed its... Read More »

In a year dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, we were still there to help people find a way forward

Posted: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:58

For our previous 80 years as a service, the main way people have come to us for one-to-one advice has been in person. But, with 2020 and our 81st year came the pandemic. We went from working together and... Read More »

Update on services

Posted: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 14:00

For immediate release

Citizens Advice Charnwood announces an update to its services

In September we reopened for face to face appointments but due to further government guidance to work from home, we have... Read More »

Press release from Citizens Advice - help for renters worried about eviction

Posted: Thu, 17 Sep 2020 12:14

17 September 2020

The ban on evictions comes to an end this weekend, and new figures from Citizens Advice suggest that concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home.

Local Citizens Advice continues to give advice during lockdown

Posted: Fri, 08 May 2020 14:00

PRESS RELEASE

For immediate release

Citizens Advice Charnwood has helped 220 people since the Coronavirus lockdown began.

It quickly mobilised its staff and volunteers to give one-to-one advice over the phone... Read More »

Coronavirus will affect the service we can offer….

Posted: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 13:51

During these uncertain times we have had to close our drop-in advice service. We can offer a limited telephone advice service for urgent enquiries. If you cannot find the answer to your issue on the Citizens... Read More »