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This Week In Focus
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11th September 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Debt Relief Orders
If you are in debt, a Debt Relief Order (DRO) may be a way out for you – but it is best to consider all the options before taking this route, such as a debt management plan, individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) or an Administration Order. See our article: Check your options for getting out of […]
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4th September 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Pension Awareness Day – 15 September
The experts continually tell us we are not saving enough for our future retirement. According to a recent article in The Express on research carried out by Expert Pensions Claim, nearly half of those asked said one of their biggest pension concerns was that they wouldn’t have enough money to last them through retirement. We […]
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29th August 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Challenging a benefit decision-Mandatory Reconsiderations and Appeals
Clients often come to Citizens Advice when their benefit claim is turned down or has been changed. Often this is for disability benefits such as PIP, DLA or Employment and Support Allowance (ESA), but it could be for another benefit such as Job Seekers Allowance, Attendance Allowance, Carers Allowance, Universal Credit and many more – […]
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8th August 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Finding ‘lost’ pensions
When planning for retirement, you need to know how much you can expect to receive from any workplace pensions and personal pensions as well as how much your state pension will be. People will often have worked for several different employers during their working life, so may well have “lost” the details of a pension […]
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8th August 2019 by Manager in Local News, This Week In Focus
Citizens Advice 80th Birthday Celebrations
Help us celebrate the National Citizens Advice 80th birthday – come to our party! The national Citizens Advice service is 80 years old this year and we are celebrating with a party on Saturday 14th September at Great Hollands Park Recreation Ground. The party is open to everyone living and working in Bracknell and the […]
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8th August 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Universal Credit and Self Employment
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at what Universal Credit is, how it works, when you might need to claim and when you would get paid. You can read our article here. This week we focus on: Universal Credit for the self-employed If you receive Universal Credit and you are self-employed, you’ll need to […]
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1st August 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Contact with Grandchildren
One of our clients came to us because they no longer had contact with their grandchildren. Their son and his partner had split up and his ex-partner is now not allowing the children to have contact with them. Do grandparents have rights when they have been denied access to their grandchildren? The sad truth is […]
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25th July 2019 by Manager in Local News, This Week In Focus
Universal Credit
Do you need help claiming Universal Credit, or working out if Universal Credit is the best thing to claim? Citizens Advice provides a Universal Credit “Help to Claim” Service to guide you through the process. To access the service phone 0800 144 8444 or go online with web chat at www.citizensadvice.org.uk/helptoclaim. Phone and web chat […]
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17th July 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Holiday Insurance
Often when booking a holiday you are asked if you need holiday or travel/health insurance. As this is an additional expense, you may decide that you don’t need it or can’t afford it. But if things go wrong you could be seriously out of pocket if you have no insurance. It is particularly important if […]
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10th July 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Event Tickets
Festival season is well and truly upon us. Most people will go online to buy tickets to all sorts of events from food festivals to your favourite musician. Unfortunately there are a lot of websites that are not genuine ticket sellers. There are some ticketing scams which pretend to supply online tickets for popular events. […]
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