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Impact of COVID-19 on advice organisations
At the Advice Services Alliance we want to express our huge admiration for the advice services who are doing all they can to support their clients through remote working and adapting their services at a time of great uncertainty and high demand on the sector.
As an umbrella group organisation we are here to support the advice sector in these difficult times and so are running a survey to gather your thoughts and experiences of the impact of COVID-19 on your advice organisation.
We aim to use the results of the survey to provide evidence to funders and decision makers and urge them to support the advice sector in the most effective ways possible.
Please complete this 5 minute survey by the 29th of March to have your say and enable the sector to get the vital support it needs:
[ Edited: 14 Apr 2020 at 02:00 pm by shawn mach ]Update from Advice Services Alliance:
COVID-19: Many advice organisations facing imminent collapse, just as demand for their services rises rapidly
According to a survey by the Advice Services Alliance (ASA) about the impact of COVID-19, amongst advice sector organisations, many of them are struggling to keep services going, whilst coping with unprecedented levels of demand at this extraordinary time. Large swathes of the advice sector are facing financial collapse, just at the point the public, and the Government, most need its services and support.
... The ASA is asking the Government for immediate triage funding to help advice organisations weather the initial coronavirus storm. The package laid by the Treasury on Wednesday offers a small amount for financial advice through Citizens Advice, overlooking thousands of other advice services dealing with the myriad of problems people are encountering. These problems, if left unresolved can cause serious issues for individuals and their families, ending up with many Government agencies and the health sector picking up the tab.
The ASA wants urgent talks on how the sector can best be mobilised to meet the expected blizzard of public enquiries, as increasing numbers of people begin seeking help around housing, employment, debt, welfare benefits, and other pandemic-related schemes.
More: https://asauk.org.uk/press-release-9-april-2020-covid-19/