How You Can Help
We are a registered charity and depend on volunteers to provide our service.
If you can spare just a few hours each week there are many ways in which
you can help.
Advice Work - Management Committee
- Donations - Sponsorship
Our volunteers come from a wide range of backgrounds and experience. They
give their time for many different reasons. Some are polishing up their
job skills, some are filling in time in retirement. Others want to do
something challenging or just different from the rest of their daily routine.
Our volunteers share a team spirit and comradeship, and provide a valuable
and rewarding service. All our volunteers are bound by our confidentiality
policy.
Advice Work CLICK HERE FOR EVENING STAR ARTICLE
 WE NEED YOUR HELP! Most of
our advisers are volunteers. We provide full training and pay your travel
expenses. Volunteer advisers must be over 18 years of age. There is no
upper age limit for volunteers. You don't need any qualifications, and
you don't have to memorise large amounts of information as we train you
to use our information system, which tells you all you need to know. There
is always support and help available from an experienced member of staff.
You do need to be able to read and understand information, have basic
maths (we do provide calculators), have an open attitude, and work within
the Aims and Principles of the CAB Service.
If you have basic computer skills, that is a bonus! We can, however, help
you to learn these skills if you need us to. We also ask that you provide
a regular commitment (apart from your holidays) of one full day (10-4)
each week. If you have caring commitments at particular times, for example
during school holidays, we can accommodate these in most circumstances.
If you want to find out more, without obligation, please contact
us.
Voluntary Management Committee Members
The Citizens Advice Bureau, in common with other charities, is run by
a management committee. The members are responsible for the overall running
of the service, and for ensuring we conform to the rules laid down by
the Charity Commission. Committee members can represent specific groups,
or simply be interested members of the community. Our aim is to encourage
as wide a range of members as possible. The management committee meets
roughly once every 2 months. Training is available. If you contact
us, we can give you more information about what is involved.
Donate! Donate! Donate!
We rely on donations and fundraising to maintain our service at the highest
possible level. Whether you wish to make a donation in cash or in kind
(for example, your time, expertise, resources, ideas or items to raffle),
please contact us. We are pleased to give publicity to our
donors, but you can, of course, remain anonymous if you wish.
You can also donate on-line
via Charity Choice. Please click HERE and follow the on-screen instructions. This will
open a new window so you can return to the CAB website. Thank you!
Sponsor! Sponsor! Sponsor!
If you are interested in sponsoring a project run by, or set up by, the
Citizens Advice Bureau, or if you want to sponsor a piece of equipment,
contact us with the relevant information, and we will
discuss things with you in more detail. We are pleased to work in partnership
with the community, and can agree suitable publicity in return for your
support.
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