More working people in Swansea who are struggling with energy and council tax bills are turning to a debt and consumer charity for help, councillors have been told.
Caroline Newman, chief officer of Citizens Advice Swansea Neath Port Talbot, said her colleagues helped a high proportion of people of colour including some in desperate need.
Addressing a panel of councillors Ms Newman said a person of colour “not wanting to be of this world anymore” had been found temporary accommodation by a Citizens Advice volunteer and council housing staff a couple of months ago. “Without being too dramatic, between ourselves and the local authority we saved the guy’s life,” she said.
Ms Newman said the volunteer who helped had been the victim of racist…