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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.
Citizens advice organisations based upon the United Kingdom advice charity can be found in Spain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, Australia and the Channel Islands. Organisations based on the British Citizens Advice charity exist in a number of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom. Although none of these organisations is controlled by the British ...
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 ]
The Witness Service (also known as Citizens Advice Witness Service [1]) is a service in England and Wales for witnesses who have to give evidence in criminal courts. [1] The Witness Service offers practical and emotional support and is a free service. [ 2 ]
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.
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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 ]
Some local authorities and voluntary sector organisations, such as the Citizens Advice Bureau, employ paid or volunteer welfare rights advisers.These advisers usually offer free, impartial and independent advice, information and support on all aspects of social security benefits and tax credits, including free representation at a First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, which are administered ...