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29th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
Adult Social Care
An important message from Surrey Coalition for Disabled People We’re happy to pass on the following message at the request of the coalition chief executives: The coalition wants everyone who may be affected by proposed new charges to seek advice and respond to the Surrey County Council consultation by 6th June. Read the full message in Coalition News […]
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29th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
April News
What we got up to in April. Community liaison Policy and campaign issues Communications. CARBS April PS Volunteer with our Research and Campaigns team – find out more.
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27th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
Help things change?
Volunteer with our social policy research and campaigns team in Redhill or Banstead. First aim at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is to provide the help and advice our clients need, whoever they are, whatever their problem. Second aim (and essential for first) is to improve the policies and practice that affect people’s lives. As […]
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18th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
Mental health
More clients have mental health problems. Our advisers are seeing more clients whose problems are compounded (or caused) by a mental health condition. Next week our District Training Day with NHS First Steps Surrey will help by building up advisers’ knowledge and understanding. The higher numbers aren’t unexpected. All sides in the public debate accept that professional […]
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15th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Social Policy
Food poverty
Benefit delay and low income are biggest causes. Set aside for a moment the ‘leafy rich county’ stereotype. In the past year a growing number of clients at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead needed help to feed themselves and their families. Most common causes were benefits – late payment and sanctions – and low income in the […]
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11th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
Talk about abuse
Help to make contact. The aim of our national campaign Talk about abuse is that more people are able to recognise domestic abuse and offer help to victims. In Surrey and across the country we have excellent specialist services. Helplines, refuges, legal and police professionals are there to help. But many victims and families don’t make contact, […]
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7th April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Local News, Social Policy
Helping policy-makers
CA Research and Campaigns. Most people know Citizens Advice exists to help people – whoever they are, whatever their problem. Not so many know we’re also here to improve the policies that affect people’s lives. The two are connected. Meeting and advising thousands of clients gives us a real understanding of their experience. It allows us to spot the most common problems and tell the MPs, councillors, civil servants and managers who […]
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3rd April 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Social Policy
Housing up and up.
But not all good. Latest from Nationwide Building Society: annual UK house price inflation was up 5.7% in March. In London 11.5%. But wait. In Surrey (part of the Outer Metropolitan Area) prices were up 12.2%. No wonder housing problems brought to Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead were up 15% in the past year. The impact on […]
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30th March 2016 by Manager in Home Content 2, Social Policy
Set back by PIP
PIP assessment puts college course on hold. Our client’s daughter is a determined young woman. She is autistic but doing well in her college course with a full attendance record. A PIP assessment has put this on-hold by reducing her benefit. She used her payments for taxi fares to and from college. If she travels […]
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