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7 unusual facts about Citizens Advice Bureau


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Legal advice given by the channel was of a general nature, compared by a senior director to "...advice that might be sourced from the CAB".

BronxWorks

BronxWorks is a human service organization and settlement house based in New York City’s Bronx borough that was founded as Citizens Advice Bureau in the Morris Heights section in 1972.

Consumer Direct

Previously, provision of consumer advice services varied, with some local Councils operating extensive services with several staff; and others relying on other local advice services such as the Citizens Advice Bureau.

HM Prison Bure

Other services and organisations which offer support to inmates at the prison include Nacro, Citizens Advice Bureau, Jobcentre Plus and Alcoholics Anonymous.

Khizar Humayun Ansari

He has also served in a voluntary capacity in positions ranging from a committee of the Judicial Studies Board, to the Chairmanship of the Board of Management of the Slough Citizens Advice Bureau.

Miracles Take Longer

The drama depicted the life and cases dealt with by a branch of the Citizens Advice Bureau.

Tree House, Crawley

It is owned by Crawley Borough Council, and was used most recently as a venue for various Council-run services and voluntary-sector organisations such as a Citizens Advice Bureau and a bereavement counselling service.


Benson Commission

In other ways, however, the report was revolutionary – it recommended a Council of Legal Services to advise the Lord Chancellor (something eventually realised in the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct), a movement of advice services such as the Citizens Advice Bureau into the legal fold, and a single unified body to regulate barristers, rather than a fragmentation between the Bar Council and Inns of Court.

David Sheepshanks

Sheepshanks is the founder Chairman of the ITFC Education and Sports Trust, a founder trustee of the Community Foundation for Suffolk, Patron of the Ipswich and East Suffolk branch of the Samaritans and President of the Ipswich Citizens Advice Bureau and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by the Suffolk College.

Robin D. Cook

His many local commitments include being a Trustee of the Tivoli Theatre, a Trustee of the Friends of Victoria Hospital Wimborne, a volunteer at the Priest's House Museum, a member of Wimborne Militia and he is a representative for the council on the Citizens Advice Bureau Management Committee and is the Civil Protection Officer.


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