Over the summer Together Housing will be visiting some of our neighbourhoods so residents can find out more about their services. At the Together Housing trailer you can speak to their Neighbourhoods, Repairs, and Welfare Benefits teams! These events will give you the chance to ask questions about the services they provide. On the day … Continue reading Together Housing Roadshow
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Dealing with money related matters can be off-putting, but there is lots of support for you on Calderdale Council's website. Below is a list of the sections of information that are available to help everyone, with lots of information on local services. Front line workers can also find the support their client needs, even if … Continue reading Calderdale Council’s Money and Wellbeing Info
Here are some tips to help you focus on your response to the Cost of Living crisis. These are from an excellent article on the Inclusion London website. They support over 70 Deaf and Disabled Organisations working across every London borough. Visit their website here for more detailed advice and more tips. Make sure you … Continue reading Advice: How to cope with the increasing cost of energy if you are disabled?
These are the latest announcements by the Government on the Cost of Living Crisis and its response. Pension Credit Cost of Living Payment eligibility Pensioners in receipt of Pension Credit will automatically be paid the Cost of Living Payments. In total, they could be entitled to an extra £650, paid in two instalments. To be eligible … Continue reading Latest DWP Cost of Living Announcements
The RNIB offer free practical and emotional support to help people with sight loss deal with increasing financial pressures. People with sight loss are entitled to financial support to help with the extra costs associated with their disability. They can help you identify the financial help, tax allowances and concessions you could be entitled to and … Continue reading RNIB Help With The Cost of Living Crisis
Water. It’s wonderful stuff. It falls from the sky, flows through rivers and miles of pipes to your tap. It’s there when you need it, so you never give it a second thought, but we all need to use it carefully to make sure there’s enough for everyone. Here are a few small changes, recommended … Continue reading Save Water With Yorkshire Water
Hundreds of thousands of Disabled people are having to wait for £300 million of vital support because of delays to Personal Independence Payment (PIP) applications, according to new analysis from Citizens Advice. Citizens Advice said: “PIP, which can see people with an illness, disability or mental health condition receive up to £157 a week, is … Continue reading PIP delays leave Disabled people hundreds of millions of pounds out of pocket
Over eight million households on means-tested benefits will automatically get the first Cost of Living payment instalment of £326 from this month. This means that, combined with other support, millions of low-income households across the UK will receive at least £1,200 from the Government by Christmas to ease Cost of Living pressures. £326 – the … Continue reading Cost of Living support – how to claim & how to avoid scams
Millions of people on means-tested benefits will receive the first of two Cost of Living Payments totalling £650 from 14 July 2022, as part of a £37billion government package to help families with cost of living pressures. The first £326 instalment for qualifying low-income households in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland will be paid … Continue reading Quick Guide: Cost of Living Payments
The headlines are full of facts and figures about how many of us are being plunged into fuel poverty as the cost of living sky rockets. But nobody is joining the dots to see exactly who these people are. A huge majority of people struggling right now are a very specific group of people nobody … Continue reading Huge majority of the people struggling with fuel poverty are Disabled people