The Winter Essentials Grant

UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, is launching the Winter Essentials Grant on Wednesday 11 December, find out if you could be eligible for a £200 voucher

gas ring alight

Opinion: The chancellor must think again on winter fuel cut

It’s clear the government has inherited a mess form the Tories, but the cut of winter fuel allowance to pensioners is a mistake

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There for You: ‘I’d never known kindness and generosity like it’

When a member of police staff at Lancashire Constabulary was herself the victim of domestic violence, it was her union that helped her through the worst of times

Get support with your energy bills

The vice chair of There for You’s board, Debi Potter, explains the upcoming phase of the Energy Support Fund

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Winter fuel grant opens 25 January

UNISON’s welfare charity, There for You, opens its annual programme offering grants of £200 next week – find out if you’re eligible to apply

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Crass and shelves of tinned and packet food in a food bank

Food banks under pressure from a ‘tsunami of need’

Food bank charity The Trussell Trust reports that one in five working people are now turning to food banks, as the cost of living crisis takes its toll

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2022 school clothing grants

Grants of up to £70 per school age child are now available

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Winter fuel grant programme opens for applications

Find out if you might be eligible for a grant of up to £200 to help cover the rising cost of gas and electricity this winter

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This year’s UNISON winter fuel fund opens on 31 January

The fund will offer grants of up to £200 and is designed to help the union’s most vulnerable low-income members

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There for You relaunches its COVID-19 response fund to include universal credit cuts

With rising bills and other financial pressures, you might be eligible for a grant of up to £350

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