Guildford CAB News
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Training and Development Supervisor
22 Dec 2020
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Help to Claim service goes live
02 Apr 2019
22.5 hours a week part-time hours £14,898 – £16,419 actual (£24,500 – £27,000 FTE) Based in Guildford (Due to the ongoing pandemic some flexibility around location of work may be required, such as some home working, but it is expected that you will be within a commutable distance of the advertised role location) At Citizens […]
Our new Help to Claim service went live on 1 April 2019. This is a national service to support clients to make a claim for Universal Credit. The service can be accessed by phone, webchat or face-to-face. For more details click here
The human brain has a hundred billion neurons, each neuron connected to ten thousand other neurons. Sitting on your shoulders is the most complicated object in the known universe. Michio Kaku, Theoretical Physicist Is the fact that we experience the world through such a complex organ the reason we appear to make things so […]
Considering that it is only made up of five letters, the word ‘metre’ offers a number of possibilities. A metre is the fundamental unit of length in the International System of Units. Previously defined as one ten-millionth of the distance from the Earth’s equator to the North Pole (at sea level), since 1983, it has been defined […]
The three great lies. They used to be “The cheque is in the post; of course I will still love you in the morning; and I am from Head Office and here to help you”. What are today’s lies and myths? Last year, the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches published a joint report www.jointpublicissues.org.uk/truthandlies […]
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Scams are schemes to con you out of your money. They can arrive by post, phone call, text message or email or a scammer may turn up at your home. It could be a scam if: the call, letter, […]
Overheard in a Farnham pub. “When was the last time you saw someone sleeping on the streets of Farnham? Exactly. There are no homeless people around here” Homelessness means not having a home. People who have no roof over their head do sleep on the street and in doorways. However much more homelessness is hidden. […]
It is difficult not to feel sorry for Brazilian football fans following their team’s ignominious exit from the World Cup. Bill Shankly, the legendary Liverpool FC manager famously said, “Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more […]
So I said to the gym instructor: ‘Can you teach me to do the splits?’ He said: ‘How flexible are you?’ I said: ‘I can’t make Tuesdays.’ (Tim Vine) Do you sometimes wish your job allowed you to do something else on Tuesdays? Well, maybe you can, or at least ask if you can. Since […]
What does it mean to be British? One of the greatest Britons of all time (arguably) once said ‘History will be kind to me as I intend to write it’. Although Winston Churchill could be said to have achieved this aim and despite being a national isntitution and the most popular British Prime Minister of […]