Sharon Mercer 💙

Debt Advice Development Lead @CitizensAdvice, @Unitetheunion workplace H&S rep and @InstituteMA Trustee. Passionate about free debt advice. Tweets are my own

[CitizensAdvice @CitizensAdvice]

Since 1939 we’ve been here for you with practical advice you can really trust when you really need it.

#WeAreCitizensAdvice. We are the people’s champion 💙

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

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[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

#malgconf2023 @MattleyVW from @citizensadvice discussing adviser creditor communications, chaired by @KiriAdams @CAPuk with Simon Gregory from Data on Demand and @AnuGibson @OVOEnergy Thank you to all panellists for a great session 😊

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

#malgconf2023 @TheFCA study, over 50% of adults have anxiety over rising cost of living, a third have trouble sleeping, over half the people who have received debt advice said they regretted not getting help sooner

[Anne Pardoe @AnneEPardoe]

I've picked up the debt brief @citizensadvice for a few months. My early thoughts are that key aspects of this sector seems to be designed to keep people in debt rather than help them get back on their feet. Which benefits precisely nobody.

Here's 5 things which stand out:

[Matt Vaughan Wilson @MattleyVW]

The strange death of bankruptcy continues. 5,690 personal bankruptcies in E&W from Jan to Oct 2022, a 25% reduction on the same period last year. https://t.co/PJ83rAmest

[Peter Dowd MP @Peter_Dowd]

Delighted Talk Money Week comes to @hughbaird and @WaterlooPS_ this week courtesy of @MyBnk. Vital we give young people the skills to manage their finances. Big thanks to our funder @thebigask   #TalkMoney #FinancialEducation

[Citizens Advice Liverpool @CALiverpool_]

Liverpool, our advisers are on hand to assist you ☎️.

You can call us for free general advice on 0808 278 7840.
Or, call us for free debt advice on 0300 330 1196.

Don't forget, interpreters are available on your call 💬

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

Thanks so much for being part of this session @ellyfpoole @Auriga_Services Alex Clegg @policy_practice and Sarah Little @MoneyPensionsUK

[David Woakes @Woaksiesnr]

@Auriga_Services @ellyfpoole on panel today #malgconf2022 positioning how we are supporting so many individuals with #BDS

[David Woakes @Woaksiesnr]

@Auriga_Services @ellyfpoole on panel today #malgconf2022 positioning how we are supporting so many individuals with #BDS

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

@leehealey_ I loved it, and your contribution to the deficit budgets session 💪

[GamCare @GamCare]

This week is Addiction Awareness Week. Addiction is not a choice and it can affect anyone. We offer support without judgement to those struggling with gambling harms: https://t.co/P63M9xOotw #AAW2022 #RecoveryIsPossible @ActionAddiction @ForwardTrust

[CA Cornwall @CABCornwall]

Want your voice to be heard through the cost-of-living crisis? Contact us and you can help us with our cost-of-living video diary project. We want to show everyone how the cost-of-living crisis is affecting everything during these hard times.

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

Really powerful and emotional key note from @leehealey_ @income_max #malgconf2022 #fightforyourrights

[Sharon Mercer 💙 @ShamerceCAB]

Thanks to everyone who joined the breakout session on deficit budgets @MALG_UK today, excellent audience participation & expertly chaired by @McnabGareth #malgconf2022

[Matt Vaughan Wilson @MattleyVW]

You can now read the full @CitizensAdvice response to the @insolvencygovuk review of the personal insolvency framework on the website https://t.co/gRwI3Q8j9D 15 FIN

[Meri Åhlberg @AhlbergMeri]

If someone is drowning, they shouldn’t have to pay to be saved. Yet, that is essentially what people in #problemdebt are facing - they have to pay, upfront, for debt relief.

This is a big problem - but it could be easily fixed
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