Getting active

Aim: I am fundraising for my local citizens advice bureaux who can help provide advice and/or care to those in need within my local community!

From now until the end of November, I am setting myself some challenges each month to help raise funds for my local citizens advise bureaux! 

For July, I will be completing 12 runs over the space of the month. Now anyone who knows me knows my love for American football, however I have never taken part in any longer runs in my life. For the past however many years I have played American football, I have only ever sprinted the max of about 15 yards before stopping and repeating again. So completing 12 longer runs in one month for me is going to be a personal challenge! 

In August, on Saturday 23rd,  I will take on the inflatable 5k run held at Strathclyde Country Park, Hamilton Rd ML1 3ED. Again another big challenge of a 5k run but adding in 30 inflatable obstacles to the mix will be fun! 

September, October and November are still to be considered as of yet, but watch this space and keep up with fundraising efforts for a great charity!! 

As someone who has used citizens advice before, they offer a wide range of free advice open to everyone and anyone in need and the help they provided me before was great!

North Lanarkshire Citizens Advice Bureaux (NLCAB) provide free, independent, confidential, life changing advice and support in the local community. The cost-of-living crisis is continuing to have a devastating impact on local people, particularly the most vulnerable with complex advice needs. NLCAB are tirelessly finding the best way forward to help them overcome significant challenges. NLCAB, comprising of 5 Citizens Advice Bureaux based in Airdrie, Bellshill, Coatbridge, Cumbernauld, Motherwell & Wishaw.

In 23/24 NLCAB helped more than 15,000 people across North Lanarkshire with 53,000 issues whilst maximising income, tackling money worries, averting food and fuel crisis, dealing with housing, employment, consumer, utility, family and many other issues.

 In a single year, NLCAB improved the financial position of local people by £9.5m in total!  

How your fundraising will help 

 £150 could help pay volunteer expenses for a month, support Welfare Rights Officer to represent a client at Tribunal, or fund delivery of training session to prospective volunteer advisers

£500 could support frontline advice delivery team to provide advice to 20 clients, or support Money Adviser to deal with 3 complex debt cases

£1,000 could help towards our electricity bills within CAB for a month, or allow us to deliver our training programme to 5 new Volunteer advisers

£15,000 could pay for a part-time adviser to offer much needed face-to-face advice in the community settings; train a specialist Money Adviser and Welfare Rights Adviser, or pay for a part time volunteer coordinator

£25,000 could help us pay for a full-time general adviser to help clients at first contact with the CAB, either face-to-face or by telephone so urgent enquiries are dealt with immediately. 

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 22nd September 2025 at 5:14pm