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In the last year, Citizens Advice consumer service has dealt with almost half-a-million consumer related issues like faulty washing machines, undelivered parcels and fake designer goods. Over 50,000 of these were during November 2018, by far the busiest month for the consumer service. Black Friday and Cyber Monday mark the busiest shopping weekend of the year. With the sales just around the cor...
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Citizens Advice Cornwall is planning to expand its service in North Cornwall to cope with increasing demand in the area. The announcement follows a successful volunteer recruitment drive in Bude, which currently has a limited appointments service in the town. Chief Executive, Gill Pipkin said: “We are aware there is a strong demand for advice on debts, benefits, housing and employment iss...
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Event details: Volunteer Information Morning: Wednesday 30 October – 9.30am to 1pm at Bude Library – drop in for a chat! Citizens Advice Cornwall is looking to expand services in North Cornwall, where there is a strong demand for help with problems about debt, benefits and housing. Chief Executive, Gill Pipkin, said: “In order to help more people we desperately need more volunteers to ...
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Citizens Advice Cornwall has helped write-off £5.4 million worth of unmanageable debts for people in the county according to new statistics released by the charity today. The statistic is contained in the organisation’s annual report, which also shows more than 8,500 people came to us for advice on a wide range of issues – from debts and benefits to housing, employment, immigration and consumer...
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From this week, (7 October) the Newquay Citizens Advice office will open for drop-in sessions (when no appointments are needed) on the second Thursday of every month. You can still access our services by texting the word ADVICE to 78866 and we'll contact you within 48 hours (excluding weekends). You can also find a wealth of useful information on a wide range of subjects on our website at ci...
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The Citizens Advice office in St Austell will be open on Monday 7 October for emergency cases only. If your case is not an emergency, you can still access our advice by texting ADVICE to 78866 and we'll aim to get back to you within 48 hours, excluding weekends. If your inquiry is about debt, please text DEBT to 78866. You can also find a wealth of up-to-date information on our website at ww...
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Citizens Advice is 80 years old this year. See what our help means to people by viewing this video https://youtu.be/F3q7c_0R3kc
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Citizens Advice is celebrating 80 years of providing free, independent advice on a vast range of subjects to people throughout Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The national Citizens Advice service was founded on 4 September 1939 - the day after World War II was declared. Since then, the service has become a trusted household name. Last year we helped more than 8,600 people with their problems ...
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Boardmasters festival in Cornwall has been cancelled just hours before it was due to open. The 53,000 people affected are still to hear whether they'll be refunded. You can get a refund if the organiser cancels, moves or reschedules the event if you bought your tickets from an official seller. However, you're unlikely to get money back if you bought your ticket from a reselling or secondary tick...
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Trustees Interested in running Citizens Advice Cornwall At Citizens Advice Cornwall, we’re looking for volunteers to help lead our charity. We’re looking for people who can consider the big picture and who have good independent judgement and knowledge and experience in particular Public Relations, Legal / Law and Fundraising. Citizens Advice Cornwall is a charity that provide information ...
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