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How to be a safe shopper this Christmas
With Christmas approaching, December is one of the busiest periods for shopping in the year. Whilst many of the deals you come across can be extremely tempting, it’s important you stay vigilant, shop safely and understand your basic consumer rights. Shopping...
How to budget responsibly and avoid debt this Christmas
It feels like everything is getting more and more expensive and with Christmas coming up, I'm really worried about how I'll manage. My partner and I would love to treat our kids but we’re keen to avoid huge debts. Do you have any advice? Christmas can be costly for...
What you should know about Healthy Start Vouchers
It’s really important for pregnant women and young children to have good nutrition, and the Healthy Start scheme helps low-income families to access healthier foods to support their children to get the best start in life. Across Bury and Bolton, 3,294 pregnant women...
Meet the team – Carol, Community Care
Welcome to the latest instalment of our ‘Meet The Team’ series, where we introduce you to the people behind the scenes helping our clients at Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton. In our last instalment we met Ian Boote, our Welfare Benefits team supervisor – in case you...
Saving money on your energy bills this winter
Welcome to our monthly advice column from Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton. Each month, we’ll be tackling an advice query about a specific issue, sharing information and letting you know where to go for support. Remember, if you need any advice you can contact our...
Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton stand against hate crime
At Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton we stand against hate crime in any form. As a hate crime reporting centre, we encourage any victim of hate to report incidents to us in complete confidence. Hate crime is never acceptable. What is hate crime? A hate incident is...
Meet the team – Ian, Welfare Benefits supervisor
Welcome to the latest instalment of our ‘Meet The Team’ series, where we introduce you to the people behind the scenes helping our clients at Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton. In our last instalment we met our Customer Relations team – in case you missed it, you can...
Advice Column – Student renting
Welcome to the first edition of our monthly advice column from Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton. Each month, we’ll be tackling an advice query about a specific issue, sharing information and letting you know where to go for support. Remember, if you need any advice you...
Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton – our independently regulated, quality-assured advice
Citizens Advice Bury & Bolton is an independent, local charity that provides free, confidential and impartial advice to the residents of Bury and Bolton. We aim to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and improve the policies and practices...