Citizens Advice

The Citizens Advice service helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems by providing free, independent and confidential advice, and by influencing policymakers.

Every Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity reliant on trained volunteers and funds to provide these vital services for local communities.

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Education

Citizens Advice regularly responds to consultations using examples of CAB clients' problems. We use this evidence to campaign for changes in policies and services.

Education related problems dealt with by Citizens Advice Bureaux include concerns with the cost of education, access to education, bullying and discrimination.


TitleDescriptionDate
New Regulations for the Implementation of the Service to Handle Parents and Young People's Complaints about School MattersCitizens Advice response to Department for Children, Schools and Families 09-02-2010
Ending child poverty: making it happenCitizens Advice response to the Child Povery Unit20-04-2009
Citizens Advice experience of education and povertyCitizens Advice response to the Welsh Assembly08-01-2009
Schools Admission Code: Consultation December 2006Citizens Advice response to School Admissions Code13-12-2006
Guidance on school uniformCitizens Advice response to the Welsh Assembly28-11-2004
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