NEWS
August 2008
The Trustee Board of Citizens Advice East Sussex
have been Highly Commended by CitA in its Volunteer of the Year Awards
2008.
July 2008
Lewes and Seaford say goodbye to Peter Gannon as
Manager and welcomes Claire Jeary as his replacement.
April 2008
The East Sussex bureaux have renewed their
agreement with East Sussex County Council to provide outreach advice
sessions at Children's Centres across the county.
March 2008
The Consortium has appointed a part-time
Co-ordinator. Geoff Brown who is currently the Chief Executive of
Hastings CAB will be working one day a week to support the work of the
Consortium and develop applications for funding. Geoff can be
contacted at Hastings CAB.
February 2008
The Consortium has agreed and published a new
Business Plan which you can find here
August 2007
Welfare Benefits and Debt Advice Caseworker
The Consortium has been successful in its bid for
a Welfare Benefits and Debt Advice Caseworker funded by the Royal
British Legion. This caseworker will be based in Eastbourne but will
work through out East Sussex to provide a service to former and existing
members of the UK Armed forces and their families.
July 2007
Eastbourne Bureau
Chris Whitwell, Bureau Manager,
has now resigned and is replaced by Alan Bruzon. Alan started with the
Bureau as a volunteer adviser in 2002.
May 2007
Citizens
Advice East Sussex
– Annual General Meeting
Citizens Advice East Sussex held its first Annual General Meeting on
the 20th March 2007
in Hailsham.
At
the meeting David Turner from the Hastings and Rother Bureau was elected
as Chair for the coming year and Michael Prescott from the Eastbourne
Bureau was elected as the Honorary Treasurer.
Three
additional Directors were nominated and elected to the Board of
Trustees. They were Marilyn Nicholson (Hastings and Rother CAB) Jerry
Noble (Wealden CAB) and John Boyle (Eastbourne CAB)
Children’s
Centres – East Sussex
East Sussex County Council has awarded the
consortium, circa £25,000 to provide general advice outreach sessions
in eight Children’s Centres across East Sussex
. The centres are located in Hastings , Rother, Wealden,
Eastbourne
and Lewes. In addition to the advice sessions two training sessions on
financial literacy will be provided in each of the centres.
Hastings
and Rother Citizens Advice
Bureau
Hastings and Rother CAB has appointed
Geoff Brown as its first Chief Executive. Geoff who previously worked
for VSO the International Development Charity that promotes and does its
work through volunteers commenced his new role with the Hastings and
Rother CAB on the 16th April 2007.
June 2006
The Hastings and
Rother CAB has recently been successful in securing £100,000 from
the Financial Inclusion Fund over a two year period. The monies will
be used to develop and provide debt advice to the
tenants of 1066 Housing
Association that is based in Hastings.
March 2006
Hastings and Rother CAB launched a
6-month tax credit take up campaign targeting lone-parents.
It is hoped that this project will
increase the income and employment opportunities for one of the most
disadvantaged groups within the community.
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