We may surprise you.
Many people think Citizens Advice is a public service paid for by the government.
In fact we’re independent local charities that depend on grants – usually from councils – for basics such as premises and the salaries of small staff teams.
But the grants are discretionary – in other words more like donations than normal public service funding.
And with large cuts to their budgets, we know how hard it is for councils to maintain the level of grants from year to year.
At Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead we take on contracts to raise extra money where we can. This helps, but of course it’s used for the work itself and covers only limited basic costs.
To see the kind of thing we do read About Us or check our Latest News.
Could you help in some way to make our service more financially secure?