This week is Pension Awareness Week! This year the campaign is going to be online due to Covid-19. It will involve a range of live webinars and 1:1 sessions to help people understand their pensions You can find straightforward and informative webinars with a range of advice on pensions from a complete breakdown on pension basics and [...]
Citizens Advice Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole has continued giving advice to those in need throughout the coronavirus pandemic thanks to the tireless dedication of its staff and volunteers. The team quickly rallied to ensure as many people as possible could be helped over the phone or webchat. As part of Volunteers’ Week, which runs from 1 [...]
Good news! We have been successful in receiving the most public votes in March's charity poll with MyFavouriteVoucherCodes. A massive thank you to all who supported us in winning this donation. It'll be a few months before we know the amount of the donation but whatever that may be, it will all go towards helping to [...]
All of our telephone, email and webchat services will be closed for the Easter break (Good Friday and Easter Monday) on the 10th and 13th April 2020. Apologies for any inconvenience. We will reopen at usual time on the 14th April. You can visit the main Citizens Advice website at www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Citizens Advice Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole has announced that face-to-face advice services in Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole will be suspended for the foreseeable future. There are a number of ways people can continue to get advice during this time. General advice will be given via our Adviceline which people can reach by calling 03444 111 444. [...]
You can win a £250 donation for Citizens Advice Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole and a £250 Notonthehighstreet voucher for yourself in easyfundraising's Mother’s Day giveaway! To enter, simply register yourself for free with easyfundraising and click on any of the retailers listed on the page below: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/giveaway/mothers-day Entries must be before midnight on the 22nd March [...]
We’re now registered with easyfundraising, which means you can help us for FREE. Over 4,000 shops and sites will donate to us when you use easyfundraising to shop with them – at no extra cost to yourself! All you need to do is sign up and remember to use easyfundraising whenever you shop online. It’s easy [...]
Vote for Citizens Advice BCP in the My Favourite Voucher Codes Charity Poll At Citizens Advice Bournemouth Christchurch & Poole (BCP), we believe that people should have access to free, independent and confidential support, whoever they are. We endeavour to make ourselves available to everyone in the local community with difficulties and issues, looking for information [...]
Citizens Advice was contacted by 422 people from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole who needed help with both income-related and debt issues in 2019. From April income-related benefits will increase by 1.7% in line with inflation. While a welcome move, national Citizens Advice analysis shows that almost four in 10 households that ask for debt advice and [...]
Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is expecting hundreds of clients to seek advice for debt concerns in the next few weeks with around 200 people seeking advice in January. Analysis of national data over a 12-month period reveals that on a single day - 29 January 2019 - Citizens Advice offices helped 2,776 people. This [...]
