Food and wellbeing Get help with food - contact details for local food banks Free School Meals - find out if your child is eligible for free school meals Independent Food Aid Network Holiday Activities and Food Programme Get Help to Buy Food and Milk - The Healthy Start Scheme
Energy saving and support schemes Speak to your energy supplier first for help and support with your energy bills. Many companies have schemes to support their customers. Energy Saving Trust - save energy, lower your bills and reduce your carbon footprint 102 energy saving tips - Uswitch Individual and Families Grants Available - British Gas Energy Trust Energy and fuel poverty charity Energy Projects Plus and Macclesfield-based Community Interest Company, Go-Lo are delivering Fuel Poverty help and support across Cheshire East. The free of charge LEAP and Warm and Well schemes offer support for residents facing the current energy cost challenges. To find out more email advice@epplus.org or call 0800 043 0151. To refer someone in for support go to Referring Clients to Energy Projects Plus Help with heating your home - there are a range of grants that we can access for heating repairs, renewable heating and insulation Energy support payments - the Government have launched two schemes to help households with energy bills How to reduce the risk of death and ill health associated with living in a cold home Energy Saving Tips - Money Saving Expert Household Support Fund Government energy saving tips to save money Difficulty paying your bill - United Utilities - support with your water bill Keeping warm Winter Wellbeing in Cheshire East - Information Guide Warm PlaCEs - Keeping Cheshire East Warm Warm PlaCEs are places where people can come together to stay warm and enjoy a warm cuppa. Our Warm PlaCEs page, showcases all places available to residents across the public, private, health and voluntary sectors so everyone who is feeling the cold, knows where they can go to get warm, stay warm and enjoy a little company, some hot refreshments and have access to information.
Online savings Many people are able to take make savings by finding information online or by taking advantage of offers available online. Cheshire East Libraries offer free wi-fi in their buildings, offer access to a range of online sources to their members, and they can offer training to those who need it. Our libraries have teamed up with the 'Good Things foundation' to offer free sim cards and mobile data from Cheshire East libraries. Broadband Airband is an independent provider of rural broadband services bringing high speed, full fibre broadband to homes, business and industry in rural and hard-to-reach areas. Airband are delighted to offer free broadband to village halls on their current airband network. Terms and conditions apply and for more information, please contact mark.sealey@airband.co.uk.
Financial wellbeing Free and impartial help with money, backed by the government - MoneyHelper Free debt advice - National Debtline StepChange Debt Charity - Free Expert Debt Advice Salary-linked employee benefits that improve financial wellbeing provided by Salary Finance G.U.I.D.E Coping with the cost of living squeeze (PDF, 3MB) NHS Financial wellbeing offer (MS PowerPoint, 2MB) Household Support Fund Housing Benefit and Council Tax Support Pension Awareness - find out if you are eligible for Pension Credit Pension Credit - find out how to claim your Pension Credit Referral partner information sheet (PDF, 611KB) TV Licensing Simple Payment Plan Help for Households 2 - see what support is available to help with cost of living and save money with energy saving tips Hardship Fund - grants of up to £2,000 are available for eligible individuals and families.
Free School Meals - find out if your child is eligible for free school meals School uniform Childcare support Help with Childcare costs Tax-Free Childcare
Community Support Citizens Advice Help in a crisis Cost Of Living Crisis Appeal Cheshire Community Foundation - by donating to CCF’s Cheshire and Warrington Cost of Living Crisis Appeal, you will have the satisfaction of knowing that every penny you give has been used effectively and strategically, making a huge difference to local people who are struggling to make ends meet. We’re working with charities and frontline organisations to deliver warmth and wellbeing projects to support older people, families, children, care-leavers and many more of our most vulnerable local neighbours Cheshire East JSNA - a review of poverty across Cheshire East Projects and Services funded through Community Grants - We want to ensure Cheshire East residents are aware of services and opportunities available for them to utilise.
Support for Businesses, Charities and Other Organisations Asda Foundation Community Grants - browse funding opportunities available Improved, Greener, Community Facilities Fund - apply for energy efficiency grant for your community building/facility to reduce your energy costs, funded by the UK Rural Prosperity British Gas Grants - browse funding opportunities available National Lottery Grants - browse funding opportunities available National Lottery Awards for All England - you can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges Apply to be a Centre For Warmth - Cadent