Merland Rise Church, Merland Rise. First Tuesday every month. Drop in 9.30am – 12.30pm Our service is free, confidential and open to everyone. Advisers are trained to help with virtually any issue, including: welfare benefits money and credit problems employment consumer rights housing neighbourhood disputes education and healthcare immigration and residency queries family and personal issues […]
Are you, or friends or colleagues, aware of maternity services that could be better? Our friends at Healthwatch Surrey would like to hear from you. They are particularly interested in issues with new-born checks. Share your experiences here. There are nearly 700,000 live births each year in England. Having a baby is the most common reason for a […]
“Delighted to play our part.” Living and Ageing Well in Surrey is 5 years old. And judging from Ageing Well Week 2017 (2-6 Oct) going from strength to strength. Citizens Advice joined an excellent turnout for Ageing Well Day expertly organised by Age Concern Banstead. Helen Howe, our Banstead community links volunteer said: “We were delighted to play our part in a great event. […]
Essential Update. From the group that gives us all a say in improving the NHS. Epsom-St Helier Hospitals Time to get online GP services report LGBT experience survey (ends 15 Oct) Prescriptions survey (21 Oct) Community and Faith Sector survey (13 Oct)
How tenants’ homes set back their prospects. ‘Precarity’ is an ugly name for a bad place to find your life in. But one used to telling effect in a newspaper column* from Generation Rent Homeowners enjoy security….. renters face precarity. Just three statistics quoted are enough to explain: In 2015 homeowners with a mortgage paid 20% of average income on housing costs. Private renters paid 43%. In 2015-16 over […]
Government wants action. In its clearest statement yet, the government has told regulator Ofgem to act to stop £1.4bn of excessive annual charges. The business secretary told the Financial Times* the overcharging of customers on standard variable tariffs was “completely unacceptable”. And a cross-party group of almost 200 MPs reminded the prime minister of her promise “to cut energy bills for 17m customers”. Meanwhile […]
A welcome new neighbour in Banstead. Our volunteers were very pleased to meet Lenny Roberts-Flanders and Clare Burgess of Mary Frances Trust (MFT) for a briefing on the services they provide. The pair opened at The Horseshoe in Banstead last month. All the trust’s work is designed to support the mental and emotional wellbeing of local people. As well as advice and support, they organise learning […]
Surrey is gearing up for Get Online Week 2017 2-8 October*. This year’s national theme is encouraging the 15m people who aren’t making full use of the internet to ‘Try 1 Thing’ they haven’t yet had the skills or confidence to tackle. Every week at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead we help people in this group, including some who aren’t using the […]
We’re here to help. Work is so important to most people that if things go wrong it can ruin their lives. Don’t let it ruin yours. Find out more: CARBS Help With… 2) Employment Or give us a call. Our trained advisers can help with all employment problems. *****
Breakfast Club Wednesday 27 September. Latest business breakfast with local success always on the menu. Meet other local business people Learn about a Surrey success story Complimentary buffet – bacon, pastries, fruit. Three Central, 3 London Road, Redhill, 0815-0930. Find out more and register here. *****