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28 Apr 2021
by Gillian Fyfe, Strategic Lead (Strong Communities).
This article was first published in the Herald on 28 April 2021.
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28 Apr 2021
In a year with unprecedented challenges, the Scottish Citizens Advice network has had to transform and adapt like never before. This report provides a summary of the network's activity over the past year.
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26 Apr 2021
The Electoral Commission has produced resources to help people understand the process of postal voting and voting in person in the May 6 elections.
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21 Apr 2021
by Debbie Horne, Senior policy officer.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 20 April 2021.
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14 Apr 2021
by Derek Mitchell, CAS Chief Executive.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 14 April 2021.
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7 Apr 2021
by Sarah-Jayne Dunn, CAS Financial Health policy manager.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 7 April 2021.
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6 Apr 2021 For action by 21 Apr 2021
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?
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6 Apr 2021 For action by 21 Apr 2021
The Scottish Citizens Advice network is the largest independent advice service in the country, providing free, impartial and confidential advice. In 2019-20 the Citizens Advice Service network helped over 186,000 clients in Scotland and dealt with almost 659,000 advice issues within the UK. With support from the network, clients gained over £170 million while our self-help website Advice in Scotland received approximately 4.1 million page views.
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31 Mar 2021
by Rory Mair, CBE, Chair of CAS.
This article was first published in the Herald on 31 March 2021.
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24 Mar 2021
by Gail Walker, CAS Policy manager.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 24 March 2021.
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23 Mar 2021
More than 2.5 million people checked online advice during lockdown, which is an increase of 39 per cent since March 2020.
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17 Mar 2021
by Derek Mitchell, CAS Chief Executive.
This article was first published in the Herald on 17 March 2020.
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15 Mar 2021
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10 Mar 2021
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.
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10 Mar 2021
by Myles Fitt, Strategic Lead for Financial Health policy.
This article first appeared in the Herald on 10 March 2020.
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8 Mar 2021
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3 Mar 2021
Citizens Advice Scotland has expressed disappointment that the Chancellor today failed to make the £20-per-week uplift to Universal Credit permanent.
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3 Mar 2021
by Sarah McDermott, Senior policy officer (Strong Communities team)
This article first appeared in the Herald on 3 March 2021.
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2 Mar 2021
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.
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24 Feb 2021
MSPs from across Scotland will recognise the impact of the Citizens Advice network in Scotland in a special members’ business debate at Holyrood today.
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Brexit: We've produced advice on what Brexit means for people living in Scotland. We'll keep updating our advice as more Brexit changes are announced.