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We want as many eligible young people as possible to apply for the Job Start Payment. This is a one-off payment of £314.45 to help with the costs of starting a new job including clothes, equipment and transport. The payment…
Read moreDan Baillie (centre) new D&G CAS Stranraer Bureau Manager, with staff and volunteers. Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service (D&G CAS) are delighted to announce the appointment of Dan Baillie, the new manager for their Stranraer Bureau. Dan is no…
Read moreD&G CAS Advisers Caroline Cameron (left) and Pauline Kirk (right) with Claire McKie, Home-Start Wigtownshire Senior Co-ordinator (centre). Help is now at hand for families in need of financial advice, due to a new service from Dumfries and Galloway Citizens…
Read moreDumfries and Galloway Council have just added a new page to their website covering guidance on energy efficiency as compiled by the Energy Agency, including advice on area based schemes such as ECO/ECOFLEX, grants, benefits and improved installers. Home Energy…
Read moreOur brand new outreach clinic at Lochside is set to start next week, on Wednesday 19th June and will run weekly on every Wednesday thereafter. The clinics are open from 10.00am to 3.00pm at the YM Café, Lochside Road YMCA…
Read moreOur new outreach clinic at Kelloholm is now up and running on the first three Mondays each month and the fourth Thursday. Our next clinics will be held from 10am-3pm on Monday 10th, 17th and Thursday 27th June, at Kirkconnel…
Read moreOur outreach clinic in Lockerbie, scheduled for Tuesday 18th June has been cancelled. The next clinic will be held on Tuesday 4th June, followed by the next on Tuesday 2nd July, then on the first and third Tuesdays of each…
Read moreMeet the team! Alan Wilson (fitter), Zoe Graham (D&G HEAT Energy Adviser and Trainer), Rachel Reekie (D&G HandyVan (SCIO) Manager) and Crystal Pringle (D&G HandyVan (SCIO) Admin Assistant). An exciting new partnership is set to take the fight against fuel…
Read moreThis week, we introduce a new outreach advice clinic at Lockerbie Library, starting on Tuesday 12th December and continuing weekly, every Tuesday from 10.00am to 3.00pm. We can help with advice on benefits, employment, housing, debt, energy, consumer matters and…
Read morePhil Stewart (Left) and Jane Flanagan (right) of Dumfries and Galloway Citizens Advice Service, with Professor Dennis Duncan, Assistant Professor Victoria Ayres and students from Tennessee Tech. From the Great Smoky Mountains to the Galloway Glens. Last week Dumfries welcomed…
Read moreby Myles Fitt, CAS Strategic Lead for Financial Health. This article was first published in the Herald on 16 September 2023. If I asked you what you think is the main type of debt that we see in the Scottish…
Read moreThe Money Talk Team can help you maximise your income by providing free money and debt advice. Everyone’s situation is unique but experience shows us there are ways to improve people’s finances to help with the increased cost of living.…
Read moreDumfries & Galloway PRESS RELEASE 07/03/2022 Media Contact: Carole Benzie 0300 303 4321 ext. 6127 CAMPAIGN TO TACKLE PERSONAL DEBT CRISIS IN DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY Dumfries & Galloway Citizens Advice Service (D&G CAS) is launching a new campaign aimed at…
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