Citizens Advice Cornwall is expanding to meet growing demand for help with problems about debt, benefits, housing, employment and relationship breakdowns following lockdown in the county. Chief Executive, Gill Pipkin, said: “To help more people improve their lives we need more volunteers to act as......
The autumn edition of our newsletter, Citizens, is now available with information on saving energy, volunteering with us and how to get advice and help. We’ve also published a new factsheet on what to do if you’re facing redundancy. Citizens – Autumn 2021 Redundancy Factsheet......
Major changes are needed to reduce Cornwall’s growing dependence on zero hours and similar contracts which are trapping people in low paid work, according to major new research by Citizens Advice. The report, Proper Job, highlights the vulnerabilities of the county’s economy to low paid,......
Citizens Advice Cornwall has published new figures showing the charity helped 8,600 people overcome 40,400 separate issues in 2020-21. The statistics are published in the charity’s latest annual report as it gears-up to meet growing demand over the next few years and launches a major......
Citizens Advice Cornwall is holding a Money Skills Day in Bodmin as part of an initiative to improve people’s prospects and secure their longer term financial future. The free event, at the Shire House Suite, takes place on Wednesday 29 September between 10am and 4pm......
Ambitious plans by Citizens Advice to improve the prospects of more than 13,000 people in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly has been given a £526k grant from the National Lottery. The charity aims to build on the work already underway to develop the skills,......
Social housing tenants in Cornwall are waiting months for repairs they feel are damaging their health and causing stress and anxiety, according to a report by Citizens Advice published this week. The charity launched the investigation after a growing number of people contacted its advisers......
You can read the latest news and information from Citizens Advice Cornwall in our newsletter here: Citizens – Summer 2021...
Sixty-nine per cent of people in the South West have been targeted by a scammer since January, new research by Citizens Advice has found. Fraudsters tried to trick locals in a range of ways, but the biggest scam faced by local people is delivery scams.......
In the first two months of this year, the Citizens Advice Cornwall saw a 77% increase in people seeking one-to-one advice on issues relating to the private rented sector compared to the same period in 2020, outstripping the national rise of 40%. New research by......
During the coronavirus outbreak all our offices are closed for face-to-face advice but you can still access our services. FOR OUR GENERAL ADVICE SERVICE: Text ADVICE to 78866. We’ll call you back within 48 hours (excluding weekends). Call us free on 0800 144 88 48 / textphone 0800 144 8884 Mondays......
Citizens Advice is launching two new initiatives to tackle the problem of fuel poverty in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly this winter. Official Government statistics show that 13% of households in Cornwall and 21% of households on the Isles of Scilly are affected by......
Legal action taken by Citizens Advice Cornwall has helped 70 former employees of the collapsed Cornwall Food Foundation in Truro and its associated Fifteen Restaurant at Watergate Bay, Newquay claim a total of more than £200,000 in payments following a failure in the redundancy process.......
Citizens Advice Cornwall is urging landlords to seek help if their own homes and finances are at risk because of tenants’ non-payments of rents during the coronavirus restrictions. The lockdown restrictions have meant many tenants have been unable to afford their full rents, while the......
Citizens Advice Cornwall is working with the Legal Advice Centre University House to help those people in Cornwall most at risk of losing their homes. Free representation is available for those facing possession proceedings in court, and staff working on the project will be on......
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