National Cost of Living Support

By emma.raindle, 4 December, 2024
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Healthy Start - You need to be claiming certain benefits to qualify. If you’re pregnant and under 18 you can claim even if you do not receive any benefits.

Early Start Group - feeding your family on a budget

Understanding Universal Credits - Tax credits have been replaced by Universal Credit. Customers who receive tax credits will receive a letter from the Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) telling them when to claim Universal Credit.

Household Support Fund

Money Helper - MoneyHelper joins up money and pensions guidance to make it quicker and easier to find the right help. MoneyHelper brings together the support and services of three government-backed financial guidance providers: the Money Advice Service, the Pensions Advisory Service and Pension Wise.

Turn2Us - Turn2us is a national charity providing practical help to people who are struggling financially. 

Entitled to - Helping to ensure that everyone who is entitled to benefits is empowered to claim them.

Childcare Choices - Guidance on upcoming changes to childcare support.

Citizens Advice 

Working Families 

National Energy Action

Act On Energy - Act on Energy encourages energy conservation by providing free and impartial advice to householders

Contact - for families with disabled children

Warm Welcome - Campaign to share free, warm, and welcoming spaces in communities across the UK. Working with churches and other faith groups, civil society organisations, businesses and Local Authorities, making sure that nobody is left to suffer on their own this winter.

Family Action - Family Action transforms lives by providing practical, emotional and financial support to those who are experiencing poverty, disadvantage and social isolation across the country.

Better Housing, Better Health - Better Housing Better Health (BHBH) is a longstanding service working to reduce the number of people in fuel poverty and improve domestic warmth & wellbeing.  It is coordinated by the National Energy Foundation but involves many other organisations across the following regions, with cross-referral mechanism in place to maximise the benefit to residents of each organisation’s field of expertise.

Step Change - StepChange offer free, flexible debt advice that is based on a comprehensive assessment of your situation. They provide practical help and support for however long it’s needed.

Debt Support - Lots of money and debt advice with local signposting links.

National Debtline

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