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We hope this section will give you a better understanding of what we do here at Cambridge and District Citizens Advice Bureau, what we’ve achieved over the last two years and why we need your support to continue our success.
All our advice is regulated and quality controlled and in the last year we have consistently scored in the high 88%+ for Quality of Advice and 98% for Customer Service.
As well as the information recorded here, read about the impact we have had on individual clients through their feedback and individual stories. Go to our Get Advice page to find out how to contact us if you need help with an issue. If you'd like to donate, please visit our Donate page.
Weekly/Monthly Breakdown of Statistics
We have temporarily closed our centres for one to one sessions in line with Covid-19 restrictions. Clients contact us primarily by phone or email.
| Key Statistics for March 2021 | Mar 01 - 05 | Mar 08 - 12 | Mar 15 - 19 | Mar 22 - 26 |
| Clients supported | 345 | - | 353 | 320 |
| Issues we have helped clients to solve | 1,026 | - | 1,032 | 927 |
| Clients contacted us by |
Email 45%; Phone 52%; Other* 3% | Email %; Phone %; Other* % |
Email 46%; Phone 53%; Other* 1% | Email 39%; Phone 55%; Other* 6% |
| Activities (e.g. no. of meetings, phone calls, emails & letters to help resolve issues) | 543 | - | 573 | 513 |
| Debts written off for clients | 11,098 | £- | £41,476 | £29,267 |
| Income gained for our clients | £153,763 | £- | £76,846 | £145,239 |
| % of clients with a disability or long-term illness | 50% | % | 43% | 46% |
| % of clients we help who are women | 62% |
% | 58% | 56% |
* Other: letter, webchat, in person
| Key Statistics for February 2021 | Feb 01 - 05 | Feb 08 - 12 | Feb 15 - 19 |
Feb 22 - 26 |
| Clients supported | 363 | 393 |
346 | 373 |
| Issues we have helped clients to solve | 1,026 | 1,137 | 1,027 |
1,185 |
| Clients contacted us by |
Email 42%; Phone 55%; Other* 3% | Email 38%; Phone 60%; Other* 2% |
Email 37%; Phone 57%; Other* 6% |
Email 38%; Phone 58%; Other* 4% |
| Activities (e.g. no. of meetings, phone calls, emails & letters to help resolve issues) | 557 | 572 | 526 | 604 |
| Debts written off for clients | £39,846 | £19,200 | £4,836 | - |
| Income gained for our clients | £101,970 | £86,127 | £83,295 |
102,761 |
| % of clients with a disability or long-term illness | 43% | 40% |
36% | 46% |
| % of clients we help who are women | 59% |
63% | 62% | 61% |
* Other: letter, webchat, in person
| Key Statistics for January 2021 | Jan 04 - 08 | Jan 11- 15 | Jan 18 - 22 | Jan 25 - 29 |
| Clients supported | 356 | 415 | 345 | 411 |
| Issues we have helped clients to solve | 1,119 | 1278 | 958 | 1098 |
| Clients contacted us by |
Email 38%; Phone 52%; Other* 10% | Email 30%; Phone 53%; Other* 17% |
Email 39%; Phone 55%; Other* 6% | Email 40%; Phone 57%; Other* 3% |
| Activities (e.g. no. of meetings, phone calls, emails & letters to help resolve issues) | 506 | 637 | 498 | 599 |
| Debts written off for clients | - | £12,000 | £48,151 | £14,373 |
| Income gained for our clients | £127,799 | £171,342 | £84,232 | £94,385 |
| % of clients with a disability or long-term illness | 39% | 44% | 42% | 43% |
| % of clients we help who are women | 61% |
55% | 55% | 58% |
* Other: letter, webchat, in person
Annual Breakdown of Statistics
| 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |
| Clients supported | 16,682 | 18,261 |
| Issues we have helped clients to solve | 42,592 | 46,440 |
| No. of clients who used our walk-in centres | 13,566 | |
| Debts written off for clients | £2,541,059 | £3,896,303 |
| Income gained for our clients | £3,067,034 | £ |
| % of clients with a disability or long-term illness | 34% | % |
| % of clients we help who are women | 57% | % |
All names in these case studies are fictitious to protect clients' privacy.
Top issues April - June 2020 at a glance
A look at the 2 main issues - benefits and debt - that seriously affected our clients during the pandemic.
Top 5 issues of 2018-19
A look at the top 5 issues we dealt with during 2018-2019 with links to our online information pages.
Client feedback
We are pleased to report that 96% of our clients would recommend us – find more client feedback on this page.
Client stories
Visit this page to read some examples of clients we’ve helped with different problems. All names in these case studies are fictitious to protect clients' privacy.