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Are you an experienced professional, looking to utilise your skills, experience and knowledge to help others?  Do you want to undertake a Trustee role where your efforts will make a genuinely positive change to people’s lives?

by Rory Mair, CBE, Chair of CAS.

This article was first published in the Herald on 31 March 2021.

More than 2.5 million people checked online advice during lockdown, which is an increase of 39 per cent since March 2020.

From 1 April 2021 there is a new process for whistleblowers in the NHS.

Citizens Advice Scotland has welcomed an announcement by the Scottish Government that a new strategy for Scotland's rented sector will form part of new 20 year route map for housing to be published next week.

From 26 March 2021, there will be a new system for organ and tissue donation after death. This is an 'opt out' system. Most adults who have not opted in or out of donation during their lifetime will be assumed to agree to donation. 

Citizens Advice Scotland has expressed disappointment that the Chancellor today failed to make the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.  

As we look to the end of our financial year, this seems a good opportunity to provide an update on our campaign planning approach for coming months.

by David Scott, CAS Social Justice policy team

This article first appeared in the Herald on 24 February 2021.