August 2009

Claire Jeary, Manager of Lewes and Seaford CAB has resigned and is replaced by Zuzanna Bristow. 

April 2009

Princess Anne, the patron of Citizens Advice, recently visited the Hastings office to officially re-open under the new name Citizens Advice 1066.

November 2008

Advice Plus II funding for East Sussex 

Citizens Advice East Sussex has been awarded £499,191 grant from the Big Lottery Advice Plus II funding stream. 

The three year programme will strengthen and build the partnership and collaboration between the Legal Service Commission contract holders (Citizens Advice, Brighton Housing Trust, Shelter and Hastings Advice and Representation Centre) and other advice providers in East Sussex, in order to improve access to good quality and appropriate legal advice for people in need in East Sussex, enabling and supporting those in need to avoid or overcome disadvantage.

”The funding for this work is very timely. It will enable us to develop effective partnerships to ensure Advice Services are targeted and available to those who need them the most across East Sussex.  It will not only increase the coverage of advice provision it will also strengthen and greatly improve co-ordination and the quality of advice being given.   

For those in need it will mean a more joined up and consistent service with less disruption and false or repeat starts as the full range of their needs are responded to through a more coherent and smooth process of referral and joint support and increased access to specialist Advice support.

 At the end of the programme we will have set up formal Partnerships and we will have developed an Advice Strategy for East Sussex that will provide a platform for sustainable local Quality Assured advice provision that is meeting the needs of the most vulnerable people in East Sussex.”

October 2008

The Trustee Board of Citizens Advice East Sussex have been Highly Commended by CitA in its Volunteer of the Year Awards 2008. 

September 2008

East Sussex County Council Trading Standards department have arranged for the redesign of the Make Money Make Sense website which was created in conjunction with Eastbourne CAB. The address is  www.moneymakesense.co.uk

The website contains teaching materials designed to help young people improve their financial literacy.

Students can access activities and presentations. Teachers can download materials which they can use as part of the PHSE curriculum.

These materials were the first created by a CAB which gained the PFEG (Personal Finance Education Group) quality mark. www.pfeg.org

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 20^th 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 16^th April 2007.

June 2006