Tadworth Leisure and Community Centre. Citizens Advice is for everyone in the community, whoever they are, whatever their problem. So the team wants people to know what we do and where to find us. Led by our dynamic community links volunteer Helen, they spent this morning at the busy Tadworth Centre. Thanks are due to the Centre for welcoming us – and giving us a prime […]
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 […]
“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. […]
Sharing support. The British Red Cross and Citizens Advice have a lot in common. Whether it’s shared values such as impartiality and voluntary service or commitment to working for a stronger community. Last week we began to make that understanding more helpful to both. Citizens Advice Banstead outreach volunteer Helen Howe met Claire Richards and […]
Building brighter futures at Banstead. YMCA Banstead Children’s Centre is a designated Sure Start Centre and neighbour of ours at The Horseshoe. The Centre offers support to families with children under five in and around Banstead. There’s a term-time schedule of activities for parents and childminders including baby massage, sing and sign sessions, messy play and cooking. They offer advice […]
Advice and profile. At Citizens Advice Reigate & Banstead we’re keen for everyone to know who we are and that we offer free advice locally. That’s why we write regular columns for two local magazines: the Challenger and Connection. In addition to offering advice on common problems, the articles help raise our profile. This is important because as a small independent charity we rely on dedicated local volunteers and community support in […]
Sponsored event Sunday 7 May. Our volunteers are taking part in the Banstead Rotary Walk to raise funds for Citizens Advice Banstead*. With our help many people facing debt, housing, relationship and other problems take a first step towards peace of mind. Many more find our online advice an invaluable resource for everyday life. Will you support this free service by donating through our event team? You can join a growing […]
What a great day! Congratulations to Banstead May Queen Group on an excellent event yesterday in the heart of the community. And a special shout-out to all the schools for a fantastic display of dance and song. Proud parents everywhere! Our volunteers played a full and busy part, as the pictures show. People were keen to hear about our services on things like the cost of […]
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 […]