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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 27 Feb 2017
Public benefits
What is the Benefit? The Public Benefits of Carrickfergus & District Citizens Advice Bureau are: To ensure the local community in Carrickfergus & District are informed of the Free, Confidential, and Independent and Impartial service of CAB. To ensure the Public are better informed of their rights and responsibilities. To ensure the Public are
better informed of budgeting and money management. To ensure the Public are aware of the facility for Money Management and support from Bureau. To ensure the Public are aware of entitlement to benefits and to maximise income. To ensure the Public are aware of the service of form completion, letter writing and advocacy on their behalf with other agencies. To ensure the Public are aware of the availability of advocacy on their behalf with creditors, Public agencies, Social Security agency and any other organisation or businesses. To ensure the Public are aware of the availability of lobbying on their behalf with elected representatives and services. Can you demonstrate this? These benefits are demonstrated by use of our Case recording and statistics. We carry out a survey of clients annually in February. CAB is audited 3 yearly by an independent body to assess quality of Advice and Governance. Social Policy (lobbying) forms sent to Advocacy officer in Regional office. Is any harm or possibility of harm outweighed by the Benefit? The purposes of our Charity may lead to clients being over-dependent on our service; however this is unusual as we encourage clients to make informed decisions with the information given. Who is the Benefit for? The Charity’s beneficiaries are the general population of Carrickfergus & District Council and surrounding areas. Is there any private Benefit? The private benefit from this purpose is training for staff and volunteers in Bureau and the Management committee who gain skills and experience which are transferrable to other areas. These benefits are incidental and necessary as they need to complete the training to provide the service.
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Carrickfergus CAB provides a Free, Independent, Impartial and Confidential service of information and general advice to the Borough of Carrickfergus. We provide this service 18 hours each week Drop in Monday - Thursday 10am -2pm Specialist Money Advice Monday - Thursday by appointment Outreach - Wednesday in Whitehead and Greenisland Telephone
advice daily 10 - 1.45pm Appointments for Disability form completion Tuesday - Friday by appointment Information sessions for local groups on request
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- The prevention or relief of poverty
- The advancement of education
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- General public
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
Charitable purposes
The Bureau is established for the promotion of any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the Borough of Carrickfergus by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.