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Free advice at Melbourn Hub When you pop into the Hub to buy a coffee or borrow a book, you might wonder what the new touch screen machine in the entrance hall is all about. Well, it’s part of a project funded by the Big Lottery which is running in South Cambridgeshire to help people find information and advice quickly and easily. Care Network is working with Cambridge Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), the team at the Hub and other partners to help you get the advice you need. The Advicehub kiosk is provided by Cambridge CAB, who offer free, independent, confidential and impartial advice. Areas of advice they can help with include legal, money, benefits, relationships, employment and housing. The kiosk offers answers to common problems on these issues through its website, which has been specially adapted by the CAB to give local advice information wherever possible. The best way to find out more about the kiosk is to go and have a try. It’s straightforward to use, guides you through common issues and questions and takes you to safe, accurate information and advice. We are constantly trying to improve the service our Advicehub kiosks offer. If you use the one at Melbourn, please remember to fill in the short survey and give us your feedback - you could be in with a chance of winning a £50 supermarket voucher. There will also be advice outreach sessions at the Hub from March, offered by North Herts CAB. If you want help for those more complicated issues, a trained CAB adviser will be available at the Hub on the first Monday and third Tuesday of the month, from 9.30am onwards. We are also looking for people who can help others use the kiosk. If you’re interested, or have any questions, please contact Lynne McAulay at Care Network on 01954 211919 For more information visit www.advicehub.org
‘Relate’ In Melbourn! Relate is approachable, accessible and affordable. Seeking help should be ‘the next step’ – not a last resort. Relate will be offering relationship support at the new hub in Melbourn in 2014. We can help people who present with a whole range of issues from communication difficulties, a history of failed relationships, an affair or relationship breakdown. Many of us experience relationship or family problems at some point and may need help, but we don’t always know
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where to go. Not only that, but there is a huge amount of fear and trepidation about asking for support in the midst of a relationship crisis. So often we will simply battle on – in many cases for years – and we can be left feeling weighed down and emotionally exhausted. The pain and stress that relationship difficulties causes can be minimized significantly with the right sort of help and support. Skills and strategies can be learnt which, together with understanding and encouragement from a trained relationship counsellor can make a huge amount of difference to anyone who is struggling with their relationships.
We will be offering the following services: Relationship Counselling: We can provide counselling for you and your partner or for you on your own. We can help if you are having problems and want to work them out, or if you want to separate, or if your relationship has ended. Single Sessions: These will enable you to look at solutions to address difficulties, and ascertain whether longer-term counselling would be helpful, rather than look in depth at problems. Couples Relationship Course: This will prepare you for - or help you cope with – any transitions in your relationship such as: moving in together or cohabiting, marriage, becoming parents, a career change, a new life stage, bereavement or “empty nest” syndrome, to name just a few. Relate Cambridge offers confidential relationship support in Melbourn for individuals and couples who are experiencing relationship problems. A full range of services is available at our Cambridge centre in Brooklands Avenue. These include sex therapy and other adult and family services.
Relate Business Solutions offers the following: • Training solutions delivered by relationship specialists and expert trainers at competitive prices • The design of bespoke training solutions taking your workplace practices and policies into account • Improvement of individual and professional performance • Increased productivity and business performance • Increased retention and reduced absenteeism • Enhanced and development of professional and team skills • Improved communication and relationship skills • Improved work/life balance
