Innovative technique keeps our digital service relevant. Citizens Advice is rightly valued for its offices and face-to-face appointments with local people needing help. But it also maintains an online library accessible to the whole population. The free service contains over 3000 pages and covers just about every family, work and consumer problem you can think of. Every year millions of people […]
Helping with over £1m unsecured debt. Currently our trained advisers are helping clients manage unsecured debts of more than £1.1m. Average personal debt per client is £10,490. The main components are credit cards, unsecured loans and benefit overpayments. Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead saw 112 new clients facing significant problem debt in the year to March 2017. Growth in this kind of debt […]
Public good. Trust in charities has fallen after “a difficult year”. The Charity Commission reports* people have lost confidence partly because of criticism in the media. Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead is a small independent charity. We exist to help local people sort out thousands of problems each year. Our 70+ volunteers benefit the whole […]
“Great addition to local services”. Better local services for Merstham residents and friends. That’s the promise of plans for the new community hub opening later this year with the support of service providers including Merstham Community Facility Trust. A new drop-in centre is one keenly anticipated development. At a briefing last week the trust spoke […]