News and Updates

Hewlett Packard (HP) are recalling 78500 laptops due to the danger of a battery overheating and presenting a fire risk. You may be at risk if you have a ProBook, ZBook, x360, Pavillion, ENVY, HP 11 or Mobile Thin Client model.  HP will...

CARF is currently looking to fill 6 varied posts in Fife's leading advice service. As a premier employer within the non profit sector, we offer a wonderful environment in which to make a difference to our client's lives.  In retur...

Ofcom (the UK regulator for communications services) has introduced a new broadband code of practice that requires providers to give better information about speeds to new customers telling them how fast their speed will be before they sign a cont...

Home Energy Scotland (HES) have expert advisers who offer free, impartial advice on energy saving, keeping warm at home, renewable energy, greener travel, cutting water waste and more.  Their mission is to help people in Scotland create ...

Most of CARF's services will close for the Christmas and New Year holiday.  Details of our closure:  Bureau:  Last Session of 2018:...

A new report from Citizens Advice Scotland finds that many people working in Scotland are routinely struggling to afford food. ...

A new guide outlines what is known about the rights of EEA/EU citizens in Scotland now, during the transition period and after Brexit. Many of the details about Brexit are still being worked out and agreed upon but this guide attempts to pu...

CARF is pleased to have vacancies for two posts for Financial Health Check Workers. Details of these opportunities can be found on our Job Vacancies page....

11% of Scottish households are using electric heating, which is the most expensive form of domestic fuel – three times as costly as gas. A new report by Citizens Advice Scotland finds that many in this group are on low incomes and unl...

CARF is delighted to have published its Annual Report for 2017/18 as part of the AGM on 2nd October 2018. The report details the work of the organisation in the past year and outlines some of the future plans, many of which relate to improv...