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Alesa phoned the Home Visiting team on the recommendation of another support agency whose remit was too limited to give the holistic help she needed. She and her husband were looking for both welfare benefit and debt advice. The adviser completed a full benefits check followed by a successful Attendance Allowance claim at the higher […]

Charles was referred to the Home Visiting team by his GP surgery. Although able to cope with the day to day physical tasks of being the main carer for his daughter and granddaughter, he felt troubled by the burdensome paperwork that accompanied the role as he was the personal representative for both. The adviser helped

Dora qualified for her state pension and was looking forward to her retirement. She had been in low paid employment but had managed to save a small amount and secure a modest private pension. Unfortunately, ill health struck leaving her reliant on paid carers as she lived alone and had no close relatives. Home visits

Team HardBrigShips is swimming in the Rotary 2020 Swimmathon in support of BACAB BACAB works to maintain the vital home-visiting service to residents in the countryside around here. We take the CAB services to people who, for whatever reason, need help, usually with debt and benefits. Sadly, there are many who live at the end

BACAB has been one of the Mayor of Buckingham’s chosen charities for the past 2 years.  As one of his final acts in office, in May 2019, he gave each of us a cheque for nearly £1,300.  A marvellous result.  We will use this for the local Citizens Advice Home Visiting Service, so vital in

A lovely concert with stunning singing was given in aid of BACAB in July. They sang their hearts out and all in aid of our CAB. We spoke about the work that the Home visiting team do and everyone was very supportive. So much so that we received a cheque a few weeks later for

Almost every client that comes to BACAB or Citizens Advice as a whole has a problem with debts owes money on their council tax. Nationally, Citizens Advice advised 93,000 people with council tax debts in 2017/18. This is clearly a big problem for our clients, but it’s also a huge problem for councils , who

This year’s campaign, ‘Don’t miss a trick, be scam aware’, will focus on those frequently targeted for scams.  BACAB and CAB as the wider organisation are warning people to look out for the most frequent scams to avoid becoming a victim. Spam emails, suspicious activity alerts from your bank, cold calling seem to have become part of our daily

Mental health and employment — a vicious circle? Mental health awareness is prevalent in the news and in social media with campaigns being backed by celebrities such as JK Rowling, Stephen Fry and even Princes William and Harry. This Mental Health Awareness Week (14-20) BACAB highlight the fact that in day to day ‘real life’, people

Following on from our post on social media, bailiffs and their conduct is still very prevalent in the news and a real issue for the communities we advise in Buckingham, Winslow, and the surrounding rural areas. Whilst this isn’t the cheeriest of subjects – this is an issue faced by many people in the Buckingham