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Each Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained advisers (both paid and volunteer) and funded by money from local councils, the National Lottery, charitable trusts, companies, individuals and others to provide and maintain a vital service to local communities. There are a number of different ways that CAB advisers can help people to resolve a problem. Advisers do not tell clients what to do, but explain their options and the possible outcomes of different courses of…

Citizens Advice also works in partnership with the Citizens Information Board (formerly Comhairle) in the Republic of Ireland to provide cross-border advice and information and with them has developed the basis for an all-island advice service. Advice is provided from 30 main offices and from over 120 other outlets and is: free - no-one has to pay for any part of the service we provide; impartial - we don't judge our clients or make assumptions about them. Our service is open to everyone and we…