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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.
Citizens Advice [n 1] (previously Citizens Advice Bureau [9] [n 2] and also known as Cyngor ar Bopeth [n 3] in Welsh [10]) is a British independent organisation specialising in confidential information and advice to assist people with legal, debt, consumer, housing and other problems in the United Kingdom.
Citizens Advice Edinburgh (CAE), is a registered charity (number SC038195), based in Edinburgh, Scotland.Founded in 1939, Citizens Advice Edinburgh is a member of the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, and provides free, confidential, independent and impartial advice to Edinburgh residents.
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 ]
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 ]
A Citizens Advice Bureau was established in the building in 1975; [10] although now known as Citizens Advice Haringey, it continues to operate from the centre. [11] Many of the council officers and their departments moved to River Park House further south on High Road in 2005. [12]
After Citizens Advice established a new advice centre in the building in November 2018, [11] the Princess Royal visited the centre and received a demonstration of the centre's new video conferencing system in October 2020. [12] [13] [14]
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.