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Volunteering Into Work
Getting into work after a long time not working is difficult at the best of times. This is even more so now in the wake of the Covid-19 Pandemic and the reduced employment opportunities, It could be a very daunting task and can come with a lot of setbacks. This...
Our Vision, Values & Objectives for the future
Citizens Advice Solihull Borough - Our Vision, Values and Objectives 2020-2025 During 2020, we have been working incredibly hard making sure all our current services are able to keep running and help local people, of course within the Governments Covid-19 guidelines....
Active Chats – New Project
CASB are happy to announce the start of this new project in partnership with Think Active and Solihull MBC. We know that 2020 has been a challenge for us all but there are some people in our borough who due to no fault of their own have become inactive. We want to...
Reflections on 2020 – Wellbeing Advice
CASB is funded to provide a holistic wellbeing service to patients of the GP practices in Solihull. I think of my year as starting in April; this is when our contract with Birmingham and Solihull CCG starts. It was strange then to start the year 2...
Reflections on 2020 – Energy Advice
We delivered 1:1, accessible energy advice sessions to 112 households in fuel poverty.* Since March this has been done over the telephone. The people we have helped have fallen into fuel poverty because they are on a low income and/or in receipt of benefits alongside...
Reflecting on 2020
Volunteering After 3 years of retirement it was clear my self-worth was suffering badly. Having worked in a very profit conscious industry I decided to volunteer to support those in less fortunate circumstances. You could say it was a bit of give and take, my...