Specialist Advice

Our Bureau Interviewers are there for you - to provide information, advice and support - about any question. However, we know that sometimes you have a specific question in a specialist area that you’d like some help with. Our Bureau offer a range of specialist services, developed in response to local community need.

Check your local Bureau’s information for specific information about what’s on offer in your area.

Some of the specialist services we offer are explained here.

JP Services
A JP can witness documents such as applications for citizenship, and they can take declarations, affidavits or affirmations. If you need a ‘certified copy’ of a document then a JP can help you. Most of our bureaux have volunteers who are JPs and most bureaux offer a ‘JP Clinic’.

Legal services
CAB recognises that individuals can experience difficulty in accessing legal services that are free of charge. Most CABs work with local legal practitioners to ensure that you have access to legal information, assistance and advice on a regular basis.

Budgeting, finance and tax services
In a number of locations CAB provides a budget service which can help you with your questions about managing your personal finances, including income support and benefits.

Specialist Welfare / Beneficiary clinics ensure that people are receiving their full entitlements. Some bureaux also have specialist finance and tax clinics where trained and qualified practitioners are available.

Emergency food assistance
Most CABs have close relationships with their local food bank, or emergency food parcel provider and can help you to access the provider in your community.

Employment services
Check with your local CAB to see if they can help you with specialist advice on employment issues. Some have clinics that can help you with CV writing, careers counselling and preparing for an interview.

Consumer services
Some Bureaux provide specialist advice in relation to Consumer issues, for example cancelling contracts, buying and selling cars and other products and services, loans, being a guarantor, scams and misrepresentation.

Find out what specialist advice your local CAB offers.

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