- Author: comms
Published: 27 April 2018
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is holding a free launch event for our Europe Direct Information Centre on Tuesday 24 April 2018. The event will focus on how communities can help each other to prepare for the changes to EU citizens’ legal rights to live and work in the UK after Brexit, and British citizens’ rights to […]
- Author: comms
Published: 26 February 2018
From 22 February Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is beginning an outreach advice service at Community House in Earl Shilton. Citizens Advice LeicesterShire gives free, confidential and independent advice on a range of everyday issues including: debt, benefits, housing, family issues, discrimination, employment and immigration. The new outreach service will run on the second and fourth Thursday […]
- Author: comms
Published: 20 February 2018
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire’s City branch is moving on 26 February 2018. From this date, anyone with an emergency enquiry (eviction, court action, homelessness, no food, no utilities or abuse) will need to go to 1st Floor, Leicester City Council Customer Service Centre, York House, 91 Granby Street, LE1 6FB. Booked appointments will continue to be […]
- Author: comms
Published: 26 January 2018
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire has secured funding from the EU to become a Europe Direct Information Centre for East Midlands South. We are joining a network of EU information centres across the UK and Europe, providing general information, publications and signposting on all aspects of the EU. We support people who live in Leicestershire, Rutland and […]
- Author: comms
Published: 19 January 2018
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire has launched a new website at www.citizensadviceleicestershire.org. The new site is accessible for clients using smartphones and tablets, as well as PCs. It can be easily translated into over 100 languages, including Bulgarian, Gujarati, Hindi, Polish and Urdu. Visitors to the website can search for a solution to their problem themselves using […]
- Author: comms
Published: 16 January 2018
This winter’s cold snaps highlight how important it is to keep a warm home during the winter months. People are at greater risk of illness and preventable death as a result of living in a cold home. This is particularly true for those who are vulnerable to the cold such as older people, young children […]
- Author: comms
Published: 15 January 2018
The last day of January is expected to be the busiest day of the year for people seeking help with their debts, according to Citizens Advice LeicesterShire. Analysis of national data from the past 12 months reveals that on 31 January 2017 Citizens Advice helped 2,800 people, 30 per cent above the daily average. This […]
- Author: comms
Published: 15 January 2018
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire Switch & Save Roadshows will return to Harborough District this November and December. Citizens Advice LeicesterShire will hold four Switch & Save Roadshow events this winter to help people in Harborough District to save money on gas and electricity. Local residents who bring an energy bill or statement letter to the Roadshow […]
- Author: comms
Published: 15 January 2018
From Monday 13 November 2017, Citizens Advice LeicesterShire will be offering a weekly outreach service at Lutterworth Town Hall. This replaces the weekly advice service that ran at the Lutterworth One Stop Shop until October. Citizens Advice LeicesterShire can give free, confidential and independent advice on issues including: debt, benefits, housing, family issues, discrimination, employment […]
- Author: comms
Published: 5 October 2017
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is warning that tactics used by credit card lenders are putting people at greater risk of long term debt problems.Citizens Advice LeicesterShire is warning that tactics used by credit card lenders are putting people at greater risk of long term debt problems. On 30 August 2017, national Citizens Advice launched a major […]