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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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29th January 2019 by Manager in Local News, This Week In Focus
#ITSNOTOKAY
The week beginning 4th February 2019 is national sexual abuse and sexual violence awareness week. Bracknell Forest is supporting this with their safe guarding for children programme, as the focus of the #ITSNOTOKAY campaign this year is child sexual abuse and exploitation. The website for itsnotokay gives a list of tell-tale signs which might indicate […]
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23rd January 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Redundancy
Your employer has told you that you are being made redundant. Have you been told why you are redundant? Has your place of work closed? Has the way your work is managed changed, so that the job you’ve been doing either no longer exists or is part of someone else’s job now? Or your work […]
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17th January 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Big Energy Savings Week (#BESW19)
BESW19 starts on 21 January 2019. Citizens Advice Bracknell & District will be providing local, face-to-face advice on how to reduce energy bills at two events during the week. Many people stay on the same energy tariff or with the same supplier for years without realising they could be getting a better deal elsewhere. Recent […]
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9th January 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Handling Debt
Did you overspend at Christmas? Are you having trouble paying your household bills, credit cards and paying for food? Remember it is very important to make sure that you pay your priority bills first. Priority debts are ones where serious action can be taken against a person if the debt is not paid, such as […]
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3rd January 2019 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Roofless in Bracknell 2018/19
Pilgrim Hearts, who have run the Night Shelter in Bracknell for the last three years opened their doors from 1st December 2018 until 29th March 2019. Each night a different church will provide shelter, bed and food to those homeless who have a ticket. Citizens Advice Bracknell and District can provide tickets through the registration process. […]
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12th December 2018 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Relationship Breakdown
New Year is the time when Relate receive the most phone calls from people looking for information & advice about how to manage relationship issues. It appears that the strain of spending Christmas with family can be a break point for many people, possibly fuelled by high expectations of the festive season and, for some, […]
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6th December 2018 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Extra Help if you Can’t Pay All Your Rent
Have you heard about Discretionary Housing Payments (DHP)? If you are already receiving Housing Benefit (HB) or Universal Credit (UC) with a housing cost element for rental costs, and you can’t manage to pay your rent due to hardship or because of Welfare reform (for instance if you’ve moved onto UC from other benefits) then […]
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29th November 2018 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Buying Online from a Business or Trader
Last week was National Consumer week (NCW). This year the focus was on your rights when you buy online from an online market place, which we posted about last week. This week we will look at your rights if you buy from an online business Your rights when you buy online are better than when […]
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20th November 2018 by Manager in This Week In Focus
National Consumer Week
Week beginning Monday 26th November 2018 is National Consumer week (NCW). This year the focus is on your rights when you buy from an online marketplace business. For example, from eBay, etsy, Facebook Marketplace or Gumtree. What are online marketplaces? In brief, they’re a place for individuals, or small traders, to sell items online directly […]
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20th November 2018 by Manager in This Week In Focus
Help and Support for Carers
Are you caring for someone who is sick or disabled or an older person who can no longer cope without help? Are you struggling with the caring or the financial consequences? There is help and support available in a range from practical help to benefits. What is a carer? A person who helps someone with […]
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