Working in Partnership for the people of Greater Essex and beyond
The consortium of local Citizens Advice charities serving Essex, Southend and Thurrock
Citizens Advice Greater Essex is a collaboration between the local Citizens Advice offices in the county of Essex including the unitary authorities of Southend and Thurrock.
Each local Citizens Advice is a local charity in its own right, firmly rooted in its local community and serving its local population
Our Impact
Together the consortium’s members helped over 73,000 people annually to find a way forward with the problems they face, with money, work, housing and much more besides. Last year:
over 73,000
people helped in 2024/25
£169.4 Million
of public value generated by our work
4 out of 5
of our clients experiencing stress or depression reported feeling better after using our services.
250,000
hours of community support by 600 volunteers
Our membership
We get more done together
Our membership includes all ten local Citizens Advice charities in our area. Between them, they recruit, train and support over 600 volunteers and around 100 staff to support local residents with their advice needs.
Citizens Advice Greater Essex is the consortium body for the service as a whole, supporting our shared interests and ensuring our activities are coordinated to achieve maximum impact, both in terms of direct services to communities and towards our aim to advocate for change and achieve influence where we see the need to do so.
Since 2019, we’ve developed services and initiatives to the value of around £2.5 million per annum, supporting a range of services, initiatives and delivering impact over and above what the local network of Citizens Advice charities achieve locally.
We get more done together
Our Funders
