
The amount owed in priority debt among new clients has risen from £5,852 to £6,698
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Fuel prices, gas and electric bills and even the prices in the supermarket are soaring. People across the UK are struggling under the increasing financial pressures and having to make heartbreaking choices over whether to eat or heat their homes. Often the solution to these problems seems far out of reach, and we can feel helpless. What are we able to do in the face of such issues?
Our latest client report shows how, time and again over the decades, we have seen God take our tiny acts and use them to reach into the darkest situations and bring hope. We have learnt that every act of kindness, compassionate word and moment of generosity creates a ripple of hope. And when your ripple of hope meets thousands of others across this country, it creates big waves. When we play our individual part, together we can see lives transformed across the UK, and even one day see poverty come to an end.
Download our 2022 client report
'There was hope for me, and there is hope for other people trapped in debt and poverty right now. I believe there is hope for a future where poverty doesn’t exist and people can live their lives free from the despair it causes, if we all do our bit.
We all have a part to play in this. That’s why I urge you, again, to hear the stories behind the statistics, like mine.'
- Julie, nursing home carer from Port Talbot, now debt free and our storyteller in this year’s client report
Download the 2022 client report and read about how thousands of lives are being changed every year, through tiny ripples of hope.
Download our 2022 client report
Key statistics from the report
The amount owed in priority debt among new clients has risen from £5,852 to £6,698
of clients in 2021 had deductions automatically taken their social security payments to repay debt
of CAP clients attempted or considered suicide as a way out debt, before seeking help
of new CAP clients in 2021 had arrears in either Council Tax, water, energy or rent
borrowed in order to pay an essential household bill
of CAP clients (2021) pursued insolvency, with a 12% increase in those going through a Debt Relief Order