A NEW outreach service for Chipping Norton has been launched by Citizens Advice West Oxfordshire.

The service will run on a drop-in basis on Monday mornings between 9.30am and 12.30pm in the Baptist church in New street.

It will offer people advice on a range of issues including finance, housing, benefits and pensions.

Chipping Norton advice team supervisor Tabitha Park said: "It’s great to be able to expand the Citizens Advice service in Chipping Norton.

"We will be available in the newly refurbished community rooms at the Baptist Church on New Street."

It is hoped the service will create extra opportunities for people in the town, complementing the existing service based in Chipping Norton Health Centre from 9.30am to 4pm on Wednesdays.

Citizens Advice West Oxfordshire chief executive Barbara Shaw said: "We are always looking at new and exciting ways we can help our local communities.

"As a local charity its vital that we are there when people need us most, and I’m sure the new outreach service in Chipping Norton will help us do this."