Advice services in Renfrewshire are dealing with a “tsunami” of demand as more people fall into crisis over debt, housing and rising bills, councillors have been told.
At the Fairer Renfrewshire Sub-committee on Wednesday 25th March, representatives from Advice Works and Renfrewshire Citizens Advice Bureau outlined a sharp rise in complex cases, with more households needing urgent support.
Gary Innes, who oversees advice services within the council, told members the figures over recent years were “quite stark” and said it was important to remember “there are humans at the back of all the figures”.
Lynne Kerr of Advice Works said staff were seeing more people arriving with very little money to last…