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Big Energy Savings Week 2020
22 Jan 2020
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Big Energy Savings Week 2019
08 Jan 2019
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Distance selling - fraudulent use of your payment card
04 Apr 2018
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This Week In Focus
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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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3rd July 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Do something different… volunteer with us!
Did you know that Bracknell & District Citizen’s Advice is a charity, as are all local Citizens Advice offices? Did you know that most of the people working in a local Citizens Advice are volunteers? We currently have 64 volunteers who between them give more than 450 hours each week. Our volunteers do a variety […]
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26th June 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Flight delays and cancellations
What can you do if your flight is delayed or cancelled? If you booked a flight that departed from Europe or was with a European airline, you might have rights under EU law if your flight is delayed or cancelled. For the EU law to apply, one or both of the following must apply: your […]
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20th June 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Scams Awareness Campaign 10th – 23rd June
Stop Report Talk #scamaware Anyone can be the victim of a scam. Scamming is a form of fraud, usually a scheme to try and steal money, personal information or data from a person or organisation. Statistics show that the 40s – 60s age group are most affected by scams, such as pension scams, dating scams […]
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12th June 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Payment Protection Insurance
What is Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)? What financial products does it cover? PPI is commonly sold alongside other financial products such as credit cards, store cards, mortgages and different types of loans. It is designed to cover the payments if you are unable to work because of illness, accident, redundancy or death. If you are […]
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