Join us for an enlightening Energy Talk at The Alnwick Gardens Elderberries Room! Date: Tuesday 29 August 2023 Time: 1:30pm – 2:30pm Venue: The Alnwick Gardens Discover how you can boost Health and Wellbeing while making a positive impact on the environment through energy conservation. We’ll delve into topics like Priority Services, Smart Meter benefits,[…]
Do you want an interesting, rewarding volunteer experience that makes a real difference to people in your community? Do you want to meet like-minded people with a common purpose? Citizens Advice Northumberland are looking for volunteer face to face and telephone based advisers. Come to see us at the Berwick Local Charity Fair on 22[…]
New cost-of-living research by Citizens Advice Northumberland has revealed that 93 per cent of respondents are directly impacted by rising costs. Many were regularly skipping meals, eating children’s leftovers, and having to borrow to help them manage. ‘Living on the Edge: the impact of rising costs on the people of the North East’, report by[…]
More than fifty new jobs will be created in Northumberland and North Tyneside to run a new national debt advice service delivered by Citizens Advice Northumberland and Citizens Advice North Tyneside. The new service is funded by the government-backed Money and Pensions Service (MaPS). Citizens Advice in Northumberland and North Tyneside worked together with six other[…]
Citizens Advice Northumberland launched its Impact Report 2021/22 at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) in November at Newbiggin’s Community Hub. Jamie Driscoll, Mayor of the North of Tyne Combined Authority, was the keynote speaker at the event. In the last year Citizens Advice Northumberland has seen more people coming to it for help with crisis[…]
The cost of living crisis means a lot of people have cut their spending back. With the school summer holidays here, it can be hard to come up with cost efficient places to visit with the kids. That’s why we have created this Northumberland Children’s School Holiday Guide to help you come up with ideas[…]
With the rise of the Energy Price Cap, households are being encouraged to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. These are our top tips on how you can save energy in your home: 1. Fit a water saving shower head Reducing your water usage can cut bills for those on water metres, reducing[…]
Make it your New Year’s resolution to volunteer for Citizens Advice Northumberland
Good News Stories Jan 07, 2022
Citizens Advice Northumberland is calling for volunteers of all backgrounds to deliver advice and support to local people. We are launching a January appeal for new recruits who can give their time to help people struggling with housing, benefits, fuel poverty, debt and any other problems they may face. Last year we supported just under 20,000[…]
Don’t miss Sandra Green our Face to Face Service Manager (2mins 15sec) sharing the news that we’ll soon be running Drop In sessions at the Community Hub in Cramlington
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We’re taking part in Big Energy Saving Winter. Find out how you can Check, Switch and Save on your energy bills today by visiting our campaign website www.bigenergysavingwinter.org.uk
Welcome back to our staff who have been returning to our premises throughout Northumberland. We had mobilised our staff earlier this year to work from home during the initial stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic. However, our premises are now Covid-Secure and staff have been returning since the end of August. We are also now […]
Important update on Childcare Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has announced on 21 September 2020 that informal childcare for example grandparents looking after children, is now allowed for children under 14 or vulnerable adults where this is necessary for caring purposes Details about local restrictions can be found on Northumberland[…]
The government have changed the MOT legislation, extending your MOT’s that are due after 30th March for 6 months. For more details click here.
Citizens Advice Northumberland This is our Service Update From Wednesday 18th March 9.00 am we will be suspending all of our face to face advice services until further notice. This includes all drop in, face to face appointments, outreach services and our face to face Help To Claim service. We will shift our face to[…]