Cambridge & District Citizens Advice Bureau

Since 1939, Cambridge CAB has been helping the people of Cambridge and South Cambridgeshire to solve their problems with good quality, free, impartial and non-judgemental advice. Over the last year, our advisers helped 11,403 people - an increase of 20% on the year before - with issues including housing, employment, debt, welfare benefits and family and relationships. Our advice service at Cambridge County Court at repossession hearings helped over 500 families stay in their own homes last year, saving the local authority around £12m in re-housing costs, and alleviating the human cost of stress caused by redundancy and illness. Our Advicehub project works with CABs and other advice agencies all over Cambridgeshire to increase people's access to advice by using innovative technology (self-help touchscreeen kiosks in community locations); partnership working to improve the referral process; and training programmes to enhance the advisers' skills.