A TELECOMS agency has joined forces with East Renfrewshire Residents Recommendation Bureau to assist cash-strapped residents keep related.
Vodafone donated 80 SIM playing cards – every offering 20 gigabytes of knowledge and 6 months of free calls – to the charity in order that they may very well be handed to those that are struggling to make ends meet.
Julie Brown, a cash advisor on the Residents Recommendation Bureau (CAB) workplace in Barrhead, informed how some folks can’t afford to have a cell phone, leaving them “disconnected” from assist providers.
Not having a telephone can even make it tougher for many who are unemployed to search out work.
Julie, who has labored on the CAB for 21 years, informed the Barrhead Information: “There are some purchasers I’ve to jot down letters to if I need to ask them to come back in for an appointment.
“These SIM playing cards will imply purchasers can get in contact every time they should.”
This time of 12 months might be powerful for a lot of people who find themselves struggling to deal with rising gas payments and different day-to-day prices, similar to placing meals on the desk, having additionally constructed up debt to see them by means of the Christmas interval.
The crew at East Renfrewshire CAB are in a position to assist in numerous methods, together with drawing up a debt administration plan for purchasers.
They will additionally present vouchers for use in Lidl shops to purchase recent produce that folks might not discover at a foodbank, the place many gadgets are ‘long-life’ merchandise.
It’s hoped this scheme might be rolled out to different supermarkets within the native space in the end.
Julie has urged anybody in East Renfrewshire who’s apprehensive about their funds to get in contact.
She stated: “We’re not right here to guage, we’re right here to assist.
“There’s a lightweight on the finish of the tunnel, so don’t be embarrassed – simply come to us and allow us to make it easier to.”
Julie and her colleagues on the CAB workplace might be reached on 0790 160 7309 or 0141 881 3660.
Alternatively, ship an e mail to julie.brown@eastrenfrewshirecab.casonline.org.uk.
The Scottish Authorities has additionally launched a brand new web site – moneysupport.scot – that features hyperlinks to free and neutral debt recommendation to assist folks take management of their funds.