What is Citizens Advice?
'''Citizens Advice''' (used to be called Citizens Advice Bureau) is the biggest independent advice organisation in the [[United Kingdom]]. The first 200 offices opened on 4 September 1939, four days after [[World War II]] started.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-09-07|title=Citizens Advice Bureau 75 year anniversary: Geese too loud? Lost false|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/geese-too-loud-lost-false-teeth-we-can-help-celebrating-70-years-of-the-citizens-advice-bureau-9716593.html|access-date=2023-01-24|website=The Independent|language=en}}</ref> In 1973, the government paid NACAB, the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux, to open more offices. In 2008/9, there were 416 member organisations offering advice from over 3,300 [laces in England and Wales and 22 more in [[Northern Ireland]]. They are all independent [[Charitable organization|Charitable organizations]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Introduction to the Citizens Advice service|url=https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/introduction-to-the-citizens-advice-service/|access-date=2023-01-24|archive-date=2016-03-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307002728/https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/how-citizens-advice-works/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/introduction-to-the-citizens-advice-service/|url-status=dead}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Charities of the United Kingdom]]