Cambridge & District Citizens Advice

28/01/2025

🤔 Worried about money as a student?

Making a budget can help you manage your finances and feel more confident.

explain how you can do this ⤵️

It’s natural to feel financially unsettled by recent challenges such as changes to the cost of living and the pandemic. Making a budget can help you feel…

24/01/2025

💳 Facing issues paying your credit card?

There’s things you can do to improve your situation.

Our advice can help you ⤵️

Find out what to do if you are struggling to pay your credit card debt and how you can start to clear the debt you have.

23/01/2025

Are you looking for low-cost, energy efficient ways to stay warm and spend less this winter?

Head over to our website to discover our winter heating checklist, created with for .

We’ve got information on how these low-cost, energy efficient tips can be ticked off your list ⤵️

We’ve teamed up with Energy Saving Trust this Energy Savers Week to help you stay warm and spend less on your energy bills with our winter heating checklist.

21/01/2025

⚡ You can get involved in in 3 simple ways:

➡️ Tick off the items on our winter heating checklist
➡️ Learn more from our experts
➡️ Dive into our energy resources

Find out more on our website ⤵️

We’ve teamed up with Energy Saving Trust this Energy Savers Week to help you stay warm and spend less on your energy bills with our winter heating checklist.

10/01/2025

The festive season can take a toll on your finances but it doesn’t have to set the tone for the year ahead.

Start 2025 with our simple tips on how to be financially savvy ⤵️

Black Friday, the festive season and Boxing Day sales can leave you entering the new year feeling financially a bit worse for wear… but it…

08/01/2025

❗ You might be able to get help to afford essentials like bills and food.

Check our website to find out what support is available ⤵️
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/get-help-with-the-cost-of-living/
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Check what extra help you could get if you're struggling with the cost of living - including the Cost of Living Payment scheme.

19/12/2024

Please note the Christmas Opening Schedule for foodbanks in and around Cambridge.

For more information:
https://cambridgecity.foodbank.org.uk/

17/12/2024

🎄Christmas Opening Times 🎄
Please note our email advice is now closed. You can still contact us on our Adviceline Freephone 0808 278 7808 Monday to Friday 9am-4pm.
All our services will then be closed Monday 23rd December until 2nd of January. If you need help at this time, please visit out website https://www.cambridgecab.org.uk/

03/12/2024

If you’re being made redundant, you might be entitled to redundancy pay.

✔️ You’ll only get redundancy pay if it’s a genuine redundancy.

Check our advice ⤵️

Find out if you can get redundancy pay, and check what contractual or statutory redundancy payments you'll get.

26/11/2024

❌ Your landlord shouldn’t blame you for having damp in your home.

It’s their responsibility to find out what’s causing the damp.

Check what kind of damp you have and how you could deal with it ⤵️

The different types of damp, who is responsible for dealing with it and action you may be able to take.

22/11/2024

🤩Feedback Friday🤩
"the information provided by CAB was exceptional and very helpful"

21/11/2024

To help you take control of your gambling habits you can:
✔️ Use software to block gambling websites
✔️ Check with your bank to limit how much you spend on gambling

Find out more ⤵️

If you're worried about your gambling, there are things you can do to get support. Find charities and services that can help with gambling problems.