Impact - Our response to Covid-19

Publications
You can view all of our Weekly and Monthly reports here

• Latest data report
• Essential community services briefing
• CAS response to the consultation on Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill
• Five People, Five Reforms: Strengthening Universal Credit after the Pandemic
• Citizens Advice Scotland Annual Report 2020-21

 Media

We responded to the impacts of the pandemic through some of the statements and press release you find here. 

• Scotland facing cost of living crisis amid COVID-19 pandemic

• Citizens Advice can change lives during this crisis

• One third of people worried about incomes during COVID-19

• 41% worried about their finances during coronavirus

• Demand for advice continues to increase due to COVID-19

• Universal Credit claims up by 1.8 Million during Coronavirus

• Charities call for increase to Scottish Welfare Fund to protect people in poverty from coronavirus impact

• Debt Time Bomb: 1 in 4 people worried about personal debt during pandemic

• Network helped people almost 1 million times during the pandemic

• Universal Credit advice soars by 10 per cent during pandemic

• Life-changing work of CABs revealed as cost of living crisis grows

• Over half a million people cite the cost of living as the reason for debt

• CAS response to Spring Statement

• Warnings over link between debt and mental wellbeing

Alongside press releases issued to the media highlighting issues and solutions, we have been using our weekly column in the Herald to raise important points about how the pandemic is affecting different parts of our lives.

• People need support through COVID-19, and we are there to provide it.

• COVID-19: One man, two perspectives

• CAB stats reveal the dangers of a COVID-19 poverty cycle

• COVID-19: the impact on energy bills and fuel poverty

• Covid-19 is no excuse to deny consumer refunds

• Latest Advice in Scotland report shows Scottish households were struggling even before pandemic

• Covid-19 crisis proves that keeping in touch is essential

• Pandemic's impact on mental health has been devastating

• Pandemic advice trends show need for action on housing

• Emergency measures introduced for the pandemic can lead to new ways of working

• Social security is the missing piece in our pandemic recovery

• Put health at the core of fighting inequality

• Time for a money and mental health charter

• Everyone should have access to justice

• Citizens Advice can change lives during this crisis

• Imagining a Scotland without foodbanks

Advice blogs

As well the advice available online on our Advice for Scotland website, you can get information and support on different topics through these links.

• War on Ukraine - UK and Scottish Government information

• Money Map

• Council Tax Tool