TWO long-established advice centres in Warrington are involved in a shake-up of services as in the town as the borough council moves to provide a new and improved information and advice service.
Warrington Community Law Centre and the Warrington branch of the Citizen’s Advice Bureau will be invited to bid to run a new, single service – along with any other organisations interested in running the service.
It is expected to operate from April next year and will offer help with a wide range of issues including housing, debt and legal matters.
The council took the decision to invite bids to run the service after carrying out a consultation exercise.
Tommy Wallace, the council’s assistant director of customer services and business change, said: “The current services are valued by the people who use them, and offer vital assistance to many residents.
“We want everyone who needs advice to be able to get it easily and at the same time ensure we achieve value for money.”
The new service will be offered in several locations across the town.
Mr Wallace said: “This is about meeting the needs of residents in the best way possible.
“We will only consider bids from those who share this intention and are able to demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of Warrington and the needs of its residents.”
TWO long-established advice centres in Warrington are involved in a
shake-up of services as in the town as the borough council moves to
provide a new and improved information and advice service.
Shake-up for town's advice services
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As both the current citizens advice centre and the law centre are FREE to anyone who needs their help will any other parties be interested in putting in a bid to run the new joint service ? Just a thought ? And while I’m in ‘just a thought’ mood the Warrington Citizens Advice Bureaux is an indepepndent registered charity mostly run by volunteers and comes under the main ‘Citizens Advice’ registered charity so how come Warrington Borough Council are offering it out for interested bids to ensure it offers ‘value for money’ ?? Are both currently housed in council owned buildings buildings and it is these buildings + maintenance + responsibility the council are trying to sell off on someone else whilst retaining the free service supplied by the organisations ? Odd and I am a little confused which is nothing new 🙂