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PRESS RELEASE 14 June 2021 Citizens Advice Charnwood advise local people to be scam aware 78% of people across the East Midlands have been targeted by a scammer since January, new research by Citizens Advicehas found and 74% were concerned about the situation – “I’m really worried about my elderly relatives and neighbours being targeted

PRESS RELEASE 20th May 2021 Citizens Advice Charnwood – help for people facing debt The financial impact of the coronavirus pandemic has left millions of people struggling on a reduced income. Many are falling behind on essential bills and getting into debt. Ian Dennis, Chief Officer, Citizens Advice Charnwood said: ‘Being in debt is a

PRESS RELEASE 199h April 2021 Citizens Advice Charnwood – now able to offer face to face appointments for those who need them Chief Officer Ian Dennis said: ‘With the help of our volunteers we have continued to provide advice and support by telephone and email throughout the pandemic. But some people find this difficult. For

PRESS RELEASE29 March 2021 Citizens Advice Charnwood has helped more than 2,100 people during the past year of the pandemic. The local charity, which quickly adapted so it could help more people over the phone and by email, says benefits, employment and housing have been its top pandemic issues. Around 30 staff and volunteers have

25 February 2021 Responding to Ofgem’s latest update to the energy price cap, Citizens Advice said its research in December indicated that 2.1 million households were behind on their energy bills, a rise of 600,000 compared with before the pandemic. With the new price cap bills may increase by up to £96 from 1 April

Acting Chief Executive, Alistair Cromwell said: Citizens Advice knows just how important the £20 a week uplift to Universal Credit has been for so many families. Since the start of the pandemic, we’ve given advice to more than 350,000 people nationally about the benefit — but now our advisers face the task of warning claimants

Press Release. Keep the Lifeline Citizens Advice Charnwood urges government against “devastating” Universal Credit cut Local charity says 49% of people seeking its advice on benefits have never needed its support before Number of people claiming Universal Credit has risen 131%since the pandemic began A local charity has warned of the “devastating impact” of a

For our previous 80 years as a service, the main way people have come to us for one-to-one advice has been in person. But, with 2020 and our 81st year came the pandemic. We went from working together and supporting people face-to-face to working remotely — almost overnight. Our national services, 272 local Citizens Advice

Citizens Advice latest research shows half a million private renters in the UK are behind on their rent, with protections against eviction due to expire this weekend we’ve called on the government to act and our report has featured across the national press. Government under pressure to keep eviction ban BBC Online, 06/01/2021, Brian Wheeler

17 September 2020 The ban on evictions comes to an end this weekend, and new figures from Citizens Advice suggest that concern is building amongst renters about the possibility of losing their home. The number of people seeking help from Citizens Advice about issues to do with private rented properties increased by 43% between summer