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CITIZENS ADVICE – Discard dead button batteries straightaway as even dead button batteries can
still have enough power to badly hurt a small child. When you remove a button
HERE FOR LOCAL battery, store it securely, and recycle it properly and promptly.
RESIDENTS Act promptly if you suspect a child has swallowed a button battery, take them
straight to the nearest A&E department or call 999 for an ambulance. Take the
battery packaging, toy, or gadget if you can, to help staff identify the battery.
With winter approaching and the on-going cost of living crisis, many people are Symptoms may not be obvious. Your child might be coughing, gagging, or
increasingly worried about how they are going to pay bills, heat their home and drooling, or pointing to their throat or tummy. Unclear or fluctuating symptoms
put food on the table. mean it is important to be vigilant. Do not let your child eat or drink and do not
Citizens Advice in East Dorset and Purbeck would like to remind residents to seek make them be sick.
help early on and that they are here to offer free advice and support.
Experienced advisers are available to provide support about a wide range of
issues including, debt, energy advice, employment, benefits and housing. There is
a range of support available particularly to low income households which many
residents may not know about.
Advice is provided through multiple channels including telephone, email, video
conferencing and face to face from our offices in Wimborne and Wareham and
from outreach services across the region. Home visits are also offered to those
more vulnerable people who are unable to access these services.

Free Carbon Monoxide
Monitor
Citizens Advice in East Dorset
and Purbeck are offering free
Carbon Monoxide Monitors.
Please speak to an adviser for
a chat about the dangers of
Carbon Monoxide (CO)
poisoning and a free monitor Quality Tax and
will be ordered for you. KingsBere Accounting

Drop-in Locations Accountants For professional advice, dealing with all
Local residents can call into one of the drop-in sessions at the following locations. aspects of accounts and tax
Advice is free and no appointment is necessary:
• Wareham Citizens Advice - Thursday 10am-12noon Day and evening appointments available
• Lytchett Matravers Library - Friday 10am-12noon
• Swanage Town Hall - Wednesday 10am-2pm (except first Wednesday of the Phone Debbie Scott FCCA, ATII on 01258 830304
month)
office@kingsbere.co.uk

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