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Rochdale and District
Citizens Advice Bureaux Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What we do
 
The Citizens Advice Bureau Service offers free, independent and confidential advice. From its origins in 1939 as an emergency service during World War II, it has evolved into a professional national agency which challenges inequalities and discrimination.
 
Five and a half million people seek help from Citizens Advice Bureaux every year. The CAB helps solve problems which are central to people's lives, including debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment, and immigration. Advisers can help fill out forms, write letters, negotiate with creditors and represent clients at court or tribunal.
 
As well as giving advice, the CAB Service uses its bank of client evidence to find out where local and national services and policies should change. It has built a strong reputation for independent analysis. We call this work Social Policy work.
 
There are 700 CABx in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each CAB is an independent charity, relying on funding from the local authority, local business, charitable trusts, donations and individual project funding.
 
There are now more than 30,000 people working in the Service. Ninety per cent are volunteers. They include CAB advisers, admin workers and management committee members.
 
Each bureau belongs to the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux (known as Citizens Advice), which sets standards for advice, training, equal opportunities and accessibility. Citizens Advice also co-ordinates national social policy, media, publicity and parliamentary work.
 
Citizens Advice is a registered charity, relying on funding from statutory grants and charitable donations to undertake vital support and service development.

Rochdale & District CAB is a non-profit organisation. Registered Charity Number 701212

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