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Assisting lone parents

Horizons project

Barclaycard’s Horizons programme has been in place since 2005 and aims to assist lone parents through providing expert information, advice and support on practical and financial matters, to help them with building a brighter future for themselves and their families.

A beneficiary of the programme commented:

“I have really been in trouble with my rent arrears and other debts, there was never enough money to go round. I feel quite sure that I can now manage my money better and offer reasonable payments to all my creditors and eventually be completely out of debt.”

Between 2005 and 2008, the Horizons programme has supported over 100,000 lone parents and their children. Following the success of the first three years the programme has been extended and will run until 2011.

Horizons logo

Horizons banner

Citizens Advice works with two other expert partners, Family Action and Gingerbread, to help the Horizons programme achieve its aims. The programme is split into three elements:

Working together, Horizons helps in a number of ways by giving support and advice on money matters, providing grants towards education and training costs and helping lone parents get back to work.

12 Citizens Advice Bureaux across England and Wales will be running the ‘Your Money’ element of the Horizons programme which is completely free to lone parents:

People bringing up children on their own who live close to one of the bureaux listed above can access:

These bureaux also offer financial capability training sessions to frontline workers who have regular contact with parents bringing up children on their own. These sessions will enable workers to offer lone parents basic advice on managing money and to signpost people for further help.

For more detailed information about the three elements of the Horizons programme please visit New windowwww.yourhorizons.com