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Citizens Advice Bureau at 70

Citizens Advice at 70: The horsebox - the first Citizens Advice Bureau outreach vehicle
This wartime picture shows the first known example of a Citizens Advice Bureau outreach service, known as the horsebox.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Citizen Advice Bureau advisers at work during Wartime
Citizens Advice Bureau advisers at work during wartime.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Citizens Advice Bureau ran the Red Cross message service
CAB ran the Red Cross message service during the second world war, with bureaux around the country acting as receiving centres for messages to friends and relatives in German-occupied territory.
Photograph: Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice at 70: Women seek advice during wartime
Women seek advice during wartime.
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Citizens Advice at 70: A mobile Citizens Advice Bureau service is met by the mayor in the 1960s
A civic delegation greets a mobile Citizens Advice Bureau service in the 1960s.
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Citizens Advice at 70: A pensioner seeks advice at a Citizens Advice Bureau in the 1950s
A pensioner seeks advice at a Citizens Advice Bureau in the 1950s.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Inside Malden Citizens Advice Bureau, 1964
Inside Malden Citizens Advice Bureau, Surrey, in 1964.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Portable Citizen Advice Bureau's advice in microfiche form
This "portable Citizen Advice Bureau" from the 1970s enabled CAB advisers to use the organisation's comprehensive in-house information system when providing an outreach service in community centres and in people's homes.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Potential clients check a bureau’s opening times in the 1980s
Potential clients check a bureau’s opening times in the 1980s.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Citizens Advice Bureau makes a home visit
A home visit in the 1980s ensures those unable to get to a bureau can get the advice they need in their own home.
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Citizens Advice at 70: Equality and diversity are cornerstone principles of Citizens Advice
Equality and diversity are cornerstone principles of Citizens Advice Bureaux, which aim to be first points of contact for discrimination advice. This picture shows a CAB advice worker in Mitcham, Surrey, in the 1990s.
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Citizens Advice at 70: A specialist Citizens Advice case worker checking through client documents
A specialist Citizens Advice case worker checks through client documents in the back office, in this recent photograph. In complex debt and tax credit cases, huge amounts of paperwork can be involved.
Photograph: Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice at 70: Behind the scenes at the Citizens Advice Bureau
This recent photograph highlights the vital phone calls, letter writing and case work on behalf of clients that goes on behind the scenes at every Citizens Advice Bureau.
Photograph: Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice at 70: Training for Citizens Advice Bureau advisers
All advisers - both volunteers and paid staff - go through the same rigorous training.
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