Parkhead Citizens Advice Bureau

We're hosting foreCASt: advice that changes lives - maximising incomes, the second episode of our election mini-series at the #SCVOGathering on 10 February 3-4pm. Have you booked your place? scvo.scot/the-gatherin...

The Scottish Young Carer Grant is now for 16-19 year olds (previously up to 18)

It gives young carers a yearly payment of £390.25 if they care for someone at least 16 hours a week who receives a disability benefit.

The carer can be working or not working in or out of education.

The Annual General Meeting of Parkhead CAB will take place on Thursday 13th November 2025 at 12 noon in The Forge Shopping Centre. There will be a public event from 10am to 3pm at the Forge Gallowgate entrance with information on volunteering, all our services and your views on these. 😊

It’s wrong for the UK Government to balance the books on the backs of sick and disabled people. We need Scottish MPs to stand up for justice and compassion now. #WeDemandBetter
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We also recently published a report on the experiences of people in Scotland living with damp and mould. Read the report here 👉 www.cas.org.uk/sites/defaul...

We are seeing a lot of vulnerable clients very distressed at being migrated to universal credit and struggling to manage. The funding to local CAB was cut as the DWP said they would help face to face, but clients are telling us they are being turned away and signposted to local underfunded CAB. 😢

Please encourage any pensioners you know to get a benefit check!! Poverty is very real. Our client who we helped recently just told us:

“ I’m 78 and because of these benefits I’ve been able to afford to stop working & fully retire”

Have you or a family member been awarded a disability benefit. Get advice about other additional benefits you may now be entitled to! This could include pension credit top ups, council tax reduction or universal credit. Even if you’re working. “You don’t know, what you don’t know!”

If a creditor takes money from your earnings Information on how a creditor can take money from your earnings if you are in debt and how much they can take.

Threatened with an earnings arrestment? There is a limit to how much can be deducted and most creditors have to share this maximum amount!

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Sometimes when we’re crazy busy, our client feedback reminds us why we do this job ❤️
“Your adviser was my guardian angel. I felt so ashamed. Without the adviser helping me, I would have took my life. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. The empathy, the dignity made me feel human.”

ICYMI: DWP commits to addressing all underpayments of the transitional SDP element by August 2025

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Please share our volunteer advert if you can! Thank you 🙏

We’re always looking for volunteers and we have lots of different roles!
We are especially keen to get more of our retired volunteers who are fantastic at staying longer with us! We’re just too good at training the young uns with the skills to get paid jobs 🤣

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1. A photograph of a beautiful large hall in Glasgow City Chambers. There are stalls with banners for charity organisations, Merry Go Round and Home Start Glasgow North. There is a group of people looking at the stalls and talking. Text reads "Volunteering Fair".

A photograph of another busy stall area in Glasgow City Chambers. Groups of people are walking around and looking at stalls. Text reads "from your feedback... 91% found the event useful - 89% are more likely to volunteer"

Two photographs, one above the other. The first shows Baillie Annette Christie and the Volunteer Glasgow board chairperson Jo with two team members from Bike for Good. The second shows Baillie Christie and Jo with two team members from Forth & Clyde Canal Society.

Four photographs of smiling people at their organisation stalls - Chest Heart and Stroke Scotland, Glasgow Tool Library, Parkhead Citizens Advice Bureau, and Home Start Glasgow North.

A massive thank you to everyone who came along to our Volunteering Fair last week! We had a wonderful morning with 35+ organisations and hundreds of attendees learning more about volunteering! ✊✨

There are additions like the severe disability premium that you could lose out on if you don’t get good advice now before you or a family member are migrated, so please get advice and a benefit check. ❤️

Transitional protection if you receive a Migration Notice letter Financial help and support when you first move to Universal Credit from your current benefits or tax credits.

Being migrated to Universal Credit? Get advice and make sure you claim any disability benefits as well before you migrate to maximise your income through transitional protection.

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Have you had a recoverable hardship payment from your universal credit?

You might be eligible for a refund if the DWP refused a request to review the level of repayment or request not to recover it at all.

Deadline is 4 May 2025.

Tel 0800 158 5557 for help with a refund application

Like everyone else we are closing the office tomorrow due to the red weather warning in Glasgow and risk to life. Appointments and case work will continue with staff and volunteers working from home. Stay safe everyone ! ❤️

Stay safe everyone👇

For our latest reports and news

www.parkheadcab.org.uk/news

If you or a family member are struggling on universal credit, check any deductions that are being made and see if you can ask for these to be lowered and give you some breathing space. They are often automatically set at the highest rate! If you need help contact your local CAB or advice agency.

🚨 Breaking news: Scots are more concerned about poverty than people elsewhere in UK.

Read our new @trusselluk.bky.social
research 👇
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Your local CAB can also help check this for you and assist with claims. We all need help sometimes - don’t be afraid to ask 😊

Benefits calculators Find out what benefits you could get, how much you could get and how to claim

Winter is a hard financial time, make sure you claim your legal entitlements!

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Our Head of Social Justice, @mrsemmajacko.bsky.social was on Reporting Scotland this week to talk about the the two child limit. Here she is explaining how #socialsecurity is an investment into our society 👇

Worried about tipping into debt this winter? We will always aim to make you feel heard and work with you to find a solution, we’re on your side. Visit 👉 www.cas.org.uk/worried