We were delighted when we told that LinkedIn Local Basingstoke had chosen to help to support our charity. A lot of people believe that we are sponsored by the Government, in reality we are an independent charity and have to raise our own funds to keep the service running. Our research found that 4 in 5 people we help had experienced a big life change before asking for our help - nearly half reporting a change in their health condition.
Nine in ten people reported that the problem affected their lives, including financial difficulties making managing day to day life harder.
Many people who contact us have more then one issue and in 2017/18 we dealt with 22,874 issues for the 14293 people who sought our help. If anyone would like to further support Citizens Advice Basingstoke please get in touch.