2 months ago
Sandy Bramley
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
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£275.00 of £85,000 target +£66.25 Gift Aid See breakdown
2 months ago
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
3 months ago
+ £2.50 Gift Aid
this organisation deserves all the support it can get form the community and the businesses in and around Portsmouth, the team has worked tirelessly through the pandemic and the cost of living crisis to help the community so I would say come peoplelet's give them something back and help them to reach their target. Here's to another 85 years. Good luck
3 months ago
+ £21.25 Gift Aid
4 months ago
+ £5.00 Gift Aid
A fantastic organisation with amazing team members. Always striving to do their best for the people of Portsmouth in challenging times
4 months ago
+ £7.50 Gift Aid
Congratulations. You provide much needed services and I truly hope you meet your goal. No one never knows when they too may need these services. Good Luck.
4 months ago
+ £25.00 Gift Aid
A fantastic organisation that helps so many people in our community-here's to the next 85 years!
4 months ago
September 1939
To promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in portsmouth and surrounding areas.
We are celebrating our 85th Anniversary, and as this milestone approaches, we would like to include in our celebrations the community we service.
We have set ourselves a target of raising £1,000.00 for every year, that we have steadfastly supported our community, anyone can donate by choosing a year and donating any amount.
The ultimate target is £85,000.00.
HELPING TO SOLVE PROBLEMS SINCE 1939
“TAKE YOUR PROBLEM TO THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU”
Citizens Advice Portsmouth started operation on 4th September 1939 and was one of the initial 20 Local Citizens Advice, set up to give an emergency service at the beginning of the Second World War. By 1942 there were over 1000 Local Citizens Advice staffed entirely by volunteers and supported by local councils. A government grant was made to individual Local Citizens Advice via the Ministry of Health which also funded travelling officers who worked from the national council of social service and a central office.
After the end of the War national funding for Local Citizens Advice was cut and in 1950 all central government help was stopped, three years later the number of Local Citizens Advice had fallen to a half of the 1948 figure. A central support service was able to continue with grants from charitable trusts, such as the Joseph Rowntree foundation.
In 1957 the Rent Act greatly increased the number of enquiries at and in 1960 government funding was re-introduced.
In 1973 the government gave a grant to help with the increasing number of consumer enquiries, as a result more local Citizens Advice were opened and the DTI funded the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux which later became simply Citizens Advice.
Citizens Advice Cosham opened its doors in 1963 and operated separately from the Portsmouth branch until the district was formed in the nineties.
Each Citizens Advice is an autonomous independent Charity, but we are a member of the association, subscribing to the National Policies and Principles. Citizens Advice Portsmouth became a Company Limited by Guarantee in 1994.
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