Cost of Living Boost
Donations to our project will be matched by the Cost of Living Boost up to the value of £250 to help us tackle the cost of living crisis.
Please note only one donation per supporter will be matched by the Cost of Living Boost. View the Terms & Conditions.
With additional funds we could expand our free advice service through recruitment and training of more advisers which in turn would enable us to help more people. We could explore outreach services and publicity campaigns to promote our services more widely enabling us to reach a wider audience.
People coming to us are understandably very worried about paying their bills and looking after their families. We want to make sure people have the right support to manage in these difficult times.
We help clients by giving free advice and information about many different issues including debt, benefits, housing and employment advice. We can give crisis support including vouchers for the local food bank and funds to help with fuel payments.
We can check that people are claiming all the benefits and other money that they are entitled to. We can also help people with budgeting skills whether they are already in debt or are worried about managing their money effectively.
Like all Citizens Advice, we are an independent charity and need to raise funds to keep our services running. We are not part of the government but are one of over 270 local citizens advice helping those in our community.
Our work makes a big difference. During 2021-22 we helped more than 2,700 people resulting in over £1.12m financial outcomes for those clients (unclaimed benefits and money due to them; debts, payment or loans written off or restructured etc). Reducing financial worries can have a knock on effect of reducing stress and improving wellbeing. In fact last year 80% of our clients said that our help had made a big difference to their situation.