Community Advice Fermanagh

Fermanagh CAB was set up in May 1975 by a group of local community activists being representatives of our local Council and representatives of local community organisations and charities. The Bureau opened its doors to the public in May 1976. Until 1993, Fermanagh CAB was staffed wholly by Volunteers. In 1993 we secured funding for the first time in 17 years to recruit a full-time paid Manager. Since that time we have developed from being an organisation staffed by Volunteers only to one that employs paid Advisers to deliver generalist and specialist advice. Since 1976, we have worked on behalf of all the citizens of Co. Fermanagh to reduce poverty, social need and to promote inclusiveness. We are committed to providing a service that effects a positive difference to the quality of life of our fellow citizens. Our Generalist Advice and Specialist Advice service has been developed with the aim of integrating marginalised people across Co. Fermanagh into the community. FERMANAGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU - Mission Statement The following Mission Statement guides our work. Our Aims : To provide the advice people need for the problems they face. To improve the policies and practices that affect people’s lives. Our Values : We are …. Committed to a socially just, tolerant and pluralist society; Opposed to all forms of discrimination; Committed to valuing diversity, to promoting equality and to challenging discrimination. In so doing, we are committed to the provision of free, confidential, independent and impartial information, advice, advocacy and representation, and to representing our clients’ interests at local, regional and national level.