Bedford Salvation Armys debt advice service is calling for more volunteers to help manage its six week waiting list so their small but dedicated team can continue to offer free, impartial and confidential debt advice.
The service based at the church and community centre on Commercial Rd is funded for fifteen hours each week through donations from the public and organisations.
They currently help manage 400,000 worth of debt across 28 clients.
Debt, as Karen Lister, Head of Service tells us, can happen to anyonefollowing changes in circumstance including job loss, illness, bereavement, and relationship breakdown: We see a variety of people come into our service.
Nearly half of our clients are in work but simply cant kee…
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