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28th April 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Scams Awareness Month
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it” Albert Einstein While you might think ‘evil’ is a bit strong to describe the activities of con men and scammers the effect their activities can have on their […]
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22nd April 2014 by manager in Local News
Highly respected CAB volunteer receives award
Nick Hetherington, one of our longest standing volunteers with over 15 years service in the CAB, has received an award from Godalming Mayor for his varied volunteering work in the local community. Nick was presented with his award at the Godalming Annual Town Meeting in the Council Chamber of Waverley Borough Council’s offices in Godalming […]
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14th April 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Don’t believe everything you read in the papers
‘Sun forces charity to ditch rip-off helplines’‘(headline on the Sun newspaper website 07 April 2014). Do they mean Citizens Advice?. Well, yes it seems they do. Imagine a 63 year old man – let’s call him Jim (an entirely fictitious character, so any resemblance to anyone alive or dead is coincidental) – calling a bureau […]
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6th April 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Single Tier Pension
How do you feel about growing old? Do you agree with the French philosopher Pierre Teilhard de Chardin who said: “Growing old is like being increasingly punished for a crime you haven’t committed”. How old is old anyway (especially if as some say sixty is the new forty?) However old you may feel, the state […]
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1st April 2014 by manager in Campaigns
New Ways of Getting a Fair Hearing
The deaf American actress Marlee Martin once said she hoped she could…”change attitudes on deafness and prove we really can do everything except hear.” Stephanie Beacham, another actress spoke about the way in which hearing difficulty isolated her. “I loathe parties. I attend, smile and leave”. The number of profoundly deaf people in Surrey is […]
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29th March 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Citizens Advice Logbook Loans Campaign
The expression “a pound of flesh” has been defined as something to which someone is strictly entitled though which it is ruthless to demand. This might ring a bell if you have had dealings with a logbook lender. Aggressive behaviour, sexual harassment and death threats are just some of the brutish tactics logbook lenders used […]
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29th March 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Early Concilliation
Unable to decide which of his two staff to lay off, a manager came up with the idea of keeping the one who could devise the most secure log-in computer password. The successful password was MickeyMinniePlutoHueyLouieDeweyDonaldGoofyParis. Intrigued, the manager asked his employee to explain how he had managed to create such an unusual password. He replied, “Well, you said it had […]
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24th March 2014 by manager in Local News
Number one CAB followed on Twitter in the South East
We now have 1000 people or organisations following us on Twitter. This means that we are now in the top 10% of CAB’s nationally according to this benchmark and number one CAB followed in the South East. What a result!!! You can follow us too @WaverleyCAB
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23rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
We All Make Mistakes. Some Attract More Attention Than Others……
What connects a recent news item concerning the Department of Work and Pensions with the English Lake District? Perhaps all that needs to be said is that the four Uldale Fells in the north of the region are Great Sca Fell, Longlands Fell, Meal Fell and Great Cockup Fell. The last of these is a […]
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23rd January 2014 by manager in Campaigns
Domestic Abuse – the Unknown Quantity
Far be it from me to argue with Plato. However, when he said ‘A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers’ he did not foresee a time when many decisions would be based on numbers or rather statistics Knowledge on which decisions about provision of health and social care services for example. Local […]
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