The latest news, national and local issues from the Bridport & District Citizens Advice Bureau. To view more comment and opinion pieces, visit our Blogs section.
ANYONE struggling to pay their bills or worried about money is urged to get help straight away. Dorset Citizens Advice has a team of advisers ready to talk through the options available for managing debt and unpaid bills. […]
CITIZENS Advice has seen double the number of visits to its ‘Help with School Costs’ national website page on www.citizensadvice.org.uk during the run-up to the first week of term. […]
UNDER lockdown, parcel deliveries have become a lifeline, especially for disabled people or those shielding. […]
CITIZENS Advice throughout Dorset has put special measures in place so that local people can continue to get help during the coronavirus crisis and as lockdown eases. […]
ONE in three people (36 per cent) in the South West region have been the target of a scam since lockdown came into effect across the country, finds Citizens Advice Dorset. […]
BRIDPORT and District Citizens Advice continues to provide a service by telephone, email and web chat to replace the face to face appointments during the coronavirus emergency. […]
WITH an increasing number of people shopping online, Citizens Advice has raised concerns about the problems many people face with getting it delivered to their home. […]
THE demand locally for Citizens Advice continues to grow, with the number of people seeking advice from Bridport and District Citizens Advice, which includes Lyme Regis, having increased by 20 per cent in the last year. […]
CITIZENS Advice has raised concerns about the problems regularly caused to customers by their energy suppliers. […]
CITIZENS Advice has been celebrating its 80th birthday. It was formed in early September 1939, one day after the start of the Second World War, and ever since then it has been involved in providing free, confidential and independent advice. […]
IN addition to the help and support it provides each year to more than 2,000 people living locally, Citizens Advice campaigns hard to protect all consumers and has just had another notable success. […]
A LONG campaign by Citizens Advice has played a major part in securing a change in the law which will have big benefits for people who cannot afford to buy their own home and need to rent. […]
CITIZENS Advice, in its role as the official consumer champion for energy, has welcomed the decision by regulator Ofgem to announce new licensing rules for companies seeking to enter the energy supply market. […]
FROM the start of next week Bridport and District Citizens Advice will be stepping up the support it can give to local people who are having problems with Universal Credit, the new social security system replacing six means-tested benefits and tax credits with a single monthly payment. […]
IN addition to every year providing help for more than 2,000 people living in this area, the work of Citizens Advice helps our hard pressed local councils save a lot of money. […]
CITIZENS Advice is continuing to run two sessions a week in Lyme Regis which anyone is welcome to attend, even if they do not have an appointment. […]
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