SOMETIMES it is the people who need help the most who are the hardest to reach.

So advisors with the York CAB haven’t just been sitting in their offices waiting for people to come to them for help. They have been going out into the community - and offering advice sessions in GP surgeries.

Worried patients are referred by their GP for advice on finances and debt. And over the last two years, the CAB reckons it has reached more than 250 people it may not have been able to help otherwise.

What a great scheme. It was funded for two years only, but the CAB is hoping to secure council funding for two more years at least. We hope it succeeds.