The Yeovil Christians Against Poverty (CAP) Debt Centre is one of 250 Centres in the UK. Whilst based in St. John’s Church Yeovil, the Centre is very much in partnership with other Churches in Yeovil and the surrounding area, and the award winning national debt charity Christians Against Poverty.
Whether people are feeling the weight of debt, struggling to find work or just need a bit of help budgeting – CAP can help and over 38,000 people a year are helped nationally through free debt help, job clubs and other courses. The Yeovil Centre provides debt help, Life Skills, and Money Coaching courses to help with budgeting. Read more below…
CAP Debt Help
For those who think the situation is impossible when faced with unmanageable debt, our friendly team of trained debt coaches can bring hope and a solution. Our free service is available to everyone regardless of age, gender, faith and background and we visit people in their homes, listen to their situation and provide a real solution to their debts. For details, go to the national web site at www.capuk.org or, in order to get help for yourself, please ring the National Help line on 0800 328 0006, where a friendly person will await your call.
CAP Life Skills
Money impacts all areas of our lives: what we can or can’t afford, our relationships, what we eat, our health and wellbeing and much more. CAP Life Skills is a friendly group where you’ll gain practical skills and discover new ways to live for a brighter future. So, if you want to see your money go further, find ways to save money, have more time and less hassle in your day to day life, then Life Skills is for you.
All courses are free of charge; to find out more information follow this link to our > LIFE SKILLS PAGE
Money Coaching
Money coaching is a free service designed to empower you with the knowledge, skills, tools and confidence to better manage your finances. Anyone can benefit – from seasoned budgeting experts to those struggling to get to grips with their spending. Money coaching has been designed and developed by CAP. We’ve drawn on our more than 25 years of experience helping tens of thousands of people take control of their finances to bring you a money management course that really works.
We run several courses throughout the year, to find out more information follow this link to our > MONEY COACHING PAGE
St John’s Drop-In
At the Gone Fishing Cafe, which is held from 10:00am to 12noon every Thursday in St. John’s Church, we have a ‘Drop-In’ where any client or anyone thinking about contacting CAP for help are very welcome to come and talk to a debt coach about their issues over a hot drink and cake.