Our history & impact
02 Oct 1939 - 10 July 1940
Citizens Advice Bureaux open in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, Atherton and Leigh.
1950 - 1959
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Atherton and Leigh close. Wigan combines with library.
1963
Number of enquiries rose in library. Officer recruited solely for Citizens Advice Bureau.
01 August 1966
Hindley opened.
11 April 1970
Atherton opened.
14 September 1970
Leigh opened.
1975
Wigan Citizens Advice Bureau opened at the request of Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council.
1st April 1996
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Hindley and Atherton formally merged with Wigan as Citizens Advice Service in the Borough of Wigan.
2003
Leigh Citizens Advice Bureau closed. Citizens Advice Service in the Borough of Wigan took over advice service.
2015
Service rebrand, ‘bureau’ dropped, look modernised. Citizens Advice Service in the Borough of Wigan began operating as Citizens Advice Wigan Borough.