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Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is an independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom.
Following the UK Government's 2010 Spending Review, funding from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) for Consumer Focus was redirected to the Citizens Advice Bureau service, and in May 2013 Consumer Focus was renamed Consumer Futures. It was abolished as a non-departmental public body on 1 April 2014, when it was merged ...
The network, which is made up of 316 independent charities across the UK, said it has been bombarded with complaints regarding late or missing deliveries, as well as a lack of refunds.
BronxWorks is a human service organization and settlement house based in the Bronx, New York City that was founded as Citizens Advice Bureau in the Morris Heights section in 1972.
The energy supplier consistently featured in "best buy" tables since it launched into the UK market by offering the best dual fuel tariffs, [4] although it drew 1,682 complaints per 100,000 customers in the first three months of 2016, according to figures from Citizens Advice, which said this was "the highest complaints ratio ever recorded" in ...
It is an umbrella organisation that represents advice organisations throughout the world. It works at a European level with the European Citizen Action Service . [ 1 ] Citizens Advice International aims to promote free advice services [ 2 ] and provide support to Citizens Advice organisations throughout the world. [ 3 ]
CAS launched a national helpline in 2005, called Citizens Advice Direct, staff were based in Glasgow city centre. [ 1 ] In 2012 a study showed that most of CAS's activity was the provision of advice across five areas: benefits, debt, employment, housing and relationship. [ 2 ]
Guy was hired as the Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Advice in 2010. The charity, a network of independent charities across multiple countries, employs over 21,000 volunteers. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] In an interview with The Guardian , she noted that her experience at Victim Support prepared her for working cooperatively with the government.