Many people in the Wrexham area who are struggling with their debts will be delighted to hear that a new debt advice service designed to help people in the area has been awarded a quarter of a million pounds in lottery funding. The money is to be used to fund the three-year Shelter Cymru project, with around two hundred households a year receiving valuable debt related advice through the service.

The service started this autumn and prior to this the recruitment of staff was taking place. The charity has described the cash injection from the National Lottery as ‘a really big deal’ particularly given the high debt levels that have been identified amongst younger people in the area. An official from the charity said that being able to get the right advice at the right time would make a huge difference to many of those that are struggling with debt in and around the Wrexham area.

He said: “We know that people are finding things tough financially at the moment. We see it every day in our casework, while a survey carried out for us by YouGov earlier this year showed that more people are starting to use their credit cards to cover day to day expenses.”

The £250,000 grant that is given to the charity by the National Lottery will help to support the work of the group in many ways, enabling officials to help both those with easily resolved debt related issues as well as those that have more complicated debt problems that will involved a lot of liaison with creditors and other companies in order for a solution to be reached.