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6th July 2017 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
How to avoid losing Phantom cash
July 2017 is the latest Scams Awareness month which is being led by Citizens Advice and Trading Standards. To mark the occasion, Citizens Advice compared 3,600 cases involving scams logged between January and April 2017 with the same period last year. The research discovered that more and more people are being tricked into paying on […]
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26th June 2017 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Beware of what might be in your bin
The impact of shopping on line has surely to a large degree led to the disappearance of a number of well-known names from our high streets. While Internet shopping can be quick and convenient, difficulties experienced by customers with the safe delivery of the goods they have bought and paid for can cancel out the benefits. […]
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14th June 2017 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Team Ways your boss can mislead you
Many employers understand the rights of the people they employ and treat them as the law requires. However, we do not live in a perfect world and many do not. Citizens Advice has identified the ten most common misleading statements made by employers “You work for us, but you’ll need to pay your own national […]
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7th June 2017 by manager in Campaigns
Blow away your Election hangover and Volunteer to make a difference.
General Elections can be frustrating because many people end up with a candidate and (depending on which party the candidate represented) a government for which they did not vote. There is a way you can make a difference to people’s lives other than through the ballot box – by volunteering. There are dozens of opportunities […]
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30th May 2017 by Norman Davies in Campaigns
Obesity and lack of exercise and the cost of social care
Just because one 101 year old can successfully complete a sky dive from 15,000 feet it doesn’t mean that everyone who has reached that age (or who has got anywhere near it) can do the same. While it does support the idea that ‘age is just a number’ and that none of us should limit […]
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16th May 2017 by manager in Local News
Michele raises £4,871 running London marathon
I did it!!! I’m still on a high! It was an amazing day, the atmosphere was incredible, lots of “high fiving” the fantastic spectators, the music, clapping and encouraging words really helped. I started at the back pen with runners in fancy dress and looking at my stats, ran past 11,671 runners and 66 ran […]
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10th May 2017 by manager in Campaigns
More of us than ever exposed to Internet perils
According to the Office for National Statistics 87.9% of adults in the UK (45.9 million) had used the Internet in the last three months compared with 86.2% in 2015. 10.2% (5.3 million) had never used the Internet compared with 11.4% in 2015. Although the number of women over 75 years old had been the fastest […]
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3rd April 2017 by manager in Local News
Success at the Farnham Quiz Night 2017
Testing their brains, fifteen tables of eight people came together at the Farnham Quiz Night raising a total of £1,987! Keith and Corinne Stocker made fantastic quizmasters yet again with their engrossing questions leaving the Monday adviser team coming first place with their score of 109 points out of a possible 120 resulting with them […]
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6th March 2017 by manager in Local News
Michele to mark 10 Years with 26 miles
Michele Taylor will be celebrating 10 years of working for Citizens Advice Waverley with running the London Marathon, where she hopes to raise £2,000! Michele is the reason our IT systems continue to run so smoothly among many of her other jobs. She’s been training hard for the marathon and currently runs four times a […]
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21st December 2016 by manager in Local News
Surrey Youth Prom
Over 200 young Surrey musicians came together at the Farnham Maltings on 22 November 2016 to give a dazzling display of talent in support of Citizens Advice Waverley. The Farnham Maltings was full to bursting with an exciting range of music to suit all tastes. The evening raised a tremendous £1,000! Our very sincere and […]
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