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Saltash Citizens Advice

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The Citizens Advice office in Saltash will close at 11.30am on Friday 29 March for staff development and training. You can still access our services by texting the word ADVICE to 78866 or DEBT to the same number. You can also call us on 03444-111444 Mondays to Fridays from 10am to 4pm, although this line can get very busy at times. You can find a lot of useful information about a wide range ...
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Work for Citizens Advice Cornwall – Latest Job Vacancies

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We are looking for an Advice and Training Supervisor to join our team: Advice and Training Supervisor - P/T Citizens Advice Cornwall is a county-wide service that delivers free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We are recruiting a part time Peripatetic Advice and Training Supervisor (PATS) based mainly in Liskeard and Bodmin (minim...
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Christmas and New Year Opening Hours

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Citizens Advice Cornwall office opening hours over the Christmas and New Year have been announced. Offices across the county will be closed for drop-in sessions and appointments from mid-day on Friday 21 December 2018 to Wednesday 2 January 2019. During this time, the CA Cornwall phone and text service will also be unable to take messages. Citizens Advice Cornwall deputy chief executive, Be...
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Citizens Advice Cornwall Calls for a Regulator to Rein-in Rule-Flouting Bailiffs

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Citizens Advice Cornwall is throwing its weight behind a campaign for an independent regulator to crack down on bad-behaving bailiffs. New figures from Citizens Advice England and Wales and debt charity StepChange reveal 850,000 of the 2.2 million people contacted by a bailiff in the last two years were victims of bailiffs breaking the rules. Of the people affected by, or who witnessed a b...
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Christmas Day Activities

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A number of events are taking place across Cornwall offering Christmas meals which are free or by donation. Listed events are free of charge unless otherwise stated. Downderry: Village Hall, Christmas Day 12.30pm for 1 pm Christmas lunch. Please call 07929-930584 / 01503-250124 or email magiluvs2sing@gmail.com St Austell: Cornerstone Community Centre, Trinity Street, Christmas Day 12pm for 1...
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Better Budgeting with Citizens Advice Cornwall’s Top 12 Tips for Christmas

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Citizens Advice Cornwall has released a Christmas list of 12 tips to help people avoid pressure on their household budgets. The charity’s dozen budget bullets could help guard against the heavy toll the festive season can take on family finances - and help them start the new year without a debt hangover. In the past 12 months, advisers at Citizens Advice Cornwall helped 2,204 people with deb...
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Newquay Office Opening

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The Citizens Advice Newquay office will open on Thursdays from 10am to 1pm for drop-in sessions without appointments from the week commencing 26 November. This replaces the drop-in sessions on Tuesdays when the office will now be closed. You can still access our services by texting the word ADVICE to 78866. If your inquiry is about debt, text the word DEBT to 78866. You can also call us on 0...
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Buyers Beware Warning as Thousands Report Being Ripped-off on Online Market Places

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More than 13,000 problems with purchases in England and Wales on online marketplaces were reported to the Citizens Advice consumer service last year. Online marketplaces - websites where traders and private individuals list and sell products - are becoming increasingly popular for people trying to find the best deal. As customers turn to online marketplaces in the lead-up to Christmas, Citiz...
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Citizens Advice Cornwall Helps Gain £3.6 million for Local People

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Citizens Advice Cornwall has helped more than 19,000 people with 46,000 issues from problems with benefits to debt and from housing to discrimination according to new statistics revealed by the charity today in its annual report for 2017-18. The organisation’s dedicated team of advisers, working from eight offices and outreach centres from Saltash to the Isles of Scilly helped people gain £3.6 ...
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New Patron Announced for Citizens Advice Cornwall

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Col Edward Bolitho, the Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, has agreed to become patron of Citizens Advice Cornwall. Col Bolitho is well known throughout Cornwall for his work with a range of charities and organisations and manages the family Bolitho Estates. Welcoming Col Bolitho’s appointment, Gill Pipkin, Citizens Advice Cornwall’s chair of trustees, said: “We are delighted and honoured to ha...
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