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Vacancy – Trainee Advice and Quality Supervisor

Trainee - Advice and Quality Supervisor Starting Salary: £23,150 (rising to £24,150 upon completion of training and probation) Hours: Full Time (37 hours a week), Part Time considered Location: Ipswich Town Centre – Office Based We are looking for an enthusiastic and ambitious adviser to join our Core Team and ...
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Ask Citizens Advice: What should I look out for when searching for a new home to rent

Ask Citizens Advice: What should I look out for when searching for a new home to rent I’ve got to move house and will be renting somewhere on my own for the first time.
It’s exciting but there’s so much to think about and I’m worried things could go
wrong. Do you ...
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Partnership with Yorkshire Building Society helps over 80 people through cost of living crisis

Partnership with Yorkshire Building Society helps over 80 people through cost of living crisis An innovative partnership between Citizens Advice and Yorkshire Building Society is helping thousands of people nationally through the cost-of-living crisis, and the advice given could have unlocked over £3.2 million in potential additional income.  The partnership ...
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Ask Citizens Advice: Preparing for the Autumn term

Ask Citizens Advice... Preparing for the Autumn school term My children are starting new schools in September, one is in primary school and the other secondary. Between uniforms, PE kit and knowing they’ll need to catch the bus each day the costs are adding up. I’m already pretty stretched, so ...
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Long Covid continues to impact hundreds of people across Ipswich

Long Covid continues to impact hundreds of people across Ipswich It may be four years since the outbreak of the Pandemic and for most people lives have returned to ‘normal’, but for a significant number the physical effects of Covid 19 still loom large in their lives. The lasting effects ...
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Vacancy – Contracted Advice Services Manager

Contracted Advice Services Manager Starting Salary: £27,500
Hours: 37 hours a week (Monday – Friday)
Location: Ipswich Town Centre – Office Based We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-organised person to join our Management Team and to support our contracted advice services programs. This senior role supports the work of our ...
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Half of voters don’t believe living standards will improve under the next government, warns Citizens Advice Ipswich

Half of voters don't believe living standards will improve under the next government, warns Citizens Advice Ipswich
  • Charity says clients in Ipswich area have been helped with over 1000 food parcels and charitable support in last three months alone
  • Next government must offer more than lip service to falling ...
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Living or surviving: Why we need a manifesto for living standards

Living or surviving: Why we need a manifesto for living standards Something has changed at Citizens Advice. At the last 3 general elections, our top advice issues were all about helping people access benefits they’re entitled to. Today, 2 of the top 3 are about the cost of living — ...
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Volunteer Story

James Brewer: The journey from volunteer to manager James started volunteering with us almost 8 years ago and has recently moved on to another role in Suffolk. He tells us about how he progressed at Citizens Advice Ipswich from volunteer administrator to Receptionist to debt advice admin to benefits adviser ...
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Citizens Advice Ipswich calls for more volunteers as cost-of-living pressures continue to bite 

Citizens Advice Ipswich calls for more volunteers as cost-of-living pressures continue to bite  Marking two anniversaries: 40 years of Volunteers Week and the 50th anniversary of Citizens Advice Ipswich, the charity is celebrating all its volunteers who all play a crucial role, and says it needs volunteers now more than ever ...
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