Community alert. Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is joining Surrey media to warn residents about the risks of online and other scams. The alert is based on CA research showing Redhill 4th highest in a national league table of reported fraud cases. Elaine Parr, Chief Executive Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead, said “Getting scammed can cost you dearly. Fraudsters have plenty of tricks up their sleeves […]
Bogus computer viruses the most common reported scam in Redhill. Citizens Advice Reigate and Banstead is asking Redhill residents to be on their guard against scams after the area was revealed as one of the top scam hotspots in England and Wales. Analysis of 5,000 scams reported to national Citizens Advice in January to March show the areas where people are most […]
#CABLive. Last week Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead took part in a nationwide Twitter project. Hashtag CABLive, provided a picture of our remarkable network unfolding in real time, hour-by-hour and day-by-day. Every participating office shared experiences. Here are 2 of ours. The variety was incredible… from snapshot stories of happy clients, to campaign issues, to evidence […]
Surge continues. The rise in self-employment goes on. Latest official figures (March-May 2016) showed 176,000 more people in work than the previous 3 months. 119,000 (67%) were self-employed. There are now nearly 4.8 million self-employed people in a working population of 31.7 million. The number of self-employed has risen by 800,000 since 2008. This would be good news […]
Alarming estimates. There were an estimated 3.8 million fraud and 2.0 million computer misuse offences in England and Wales in the year to March 2016. The figures were released yesterday in the latest Crime Survey for England Wales. They are a new addition to the survey and account for as many offences as all other […]
No longer enough. Housing has always been a common problem for clients at Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead. This summer in our Redhill office it’s the most common. Our job is to help with the immediate difficulty but also to advise on policy change. For example by supporting the Citizens Advice campaign to reform private rentals. We highlight local housing problems […]
Successful Village Day. “People were really interested in Scams Awareness Month and many had their own experiences to share.” Our brilliant organiser Helen was reporting a successful Banstead Village Fair on Saturday. Lots of people were keen to hear about the Citizens Advice scams campaign and our unique community advice service. The idea of community was at […]
Annual Report 2015-16. The organisation that gives Surrey residents a voice in health and social care has published its annual report.* Citizens Advice Reigate and Banstead is proud to work with Healthwatch as eyes and ears in the community. It’s our job to inform them when people have a problem affected by a health condition and are worried about the health service […]
Saturday 9 July 10.30 to 3.00. See you there. We’re really looking forward to taking part in this year’s village fair at The Orchard, Banstead High Street on Saturday. Citizens Advice is one of 30 local groups at the event planned by Banstead Rotary with all the “traditional” entertainments. Helen, our organiser and community liaison […]