The Island’s Citizen’s Advice service, a charity which gives free, impartial and confidential advice to anyone who needs it, has been forced to reorganise its services resulting in a number of cutbacks and redundancies.
New volunteers had recently been sought to offer free advice on housing, relationships, tax credits and health - among other things.
The charity was set up to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives.
Announcing the changes, trustee and former High Sheriff Gioia Minghella-Giddens, said:
“There has been some talk nationally about the squeeze on funding for Citizen’s Advice across the country.
“It is true that, like all charities we have experienced a squeeze on funding over the last few years.
"Despite that, we know how much our service is needed so we are taking the steps necessary to secure our future.
"It is a challenge, and dealing with it requires some tough, but necessary, decisions.
“We have reluctantly had to make the difficult move to reorganise our service, and this has resulted, very sadly, in a number of redundancies and considerable distress to the individuals concerned.
"We understand and share their distress. Having explored all other options, however, we were left with no other choice.
“It is very stressful, for a team who work so hard and with such dedication to ensure that we are there to help when people need us.
“My mother, Gloria, was a passionate advocate for the mission and values of Citizen's Advice and was Chair of the Board for many years.
"Like her, and my fellow Trustees, I am privileged to be able to give service to the Island through this most important of charities.”
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