H&F Cost of Living Booklet 2023
Our cost-of-living guide is packed with details about the help you can get – including many new, innovative sources of assistance.
Our cost-of-living guide is packed with details about the help you can get – including many new, innovative sources of assistance.
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<strong>Cost</strong>-<strong>of</strong>-living help<br />
Someone you<br />
can talk to<br />
H&F has a dedicated <strong>Cost</strong>-<strong>of</strong>-<strong>Living</strong> team<br />
to help you through this difficult time<br />
They will talk to you about<br />
your money worries, and give<br />
help and advice on:<br />
• Council tax<br />
• Rent and discretionary<br />
housing payments<br />
• H&F’s Crisis Prevention Fund and<br />
other available financial support<br />
• Free school meals<br />
• Clothing grants<br />
• Winter Ready Homes grants<br />
and other energy support<br />
• Fuel bank vouchers<br />
• Signposting to budgeting advice.<br />
If you are struggling to heat your<br />
home or buy food, we can connect<br />
you to local organisations and<br />
services within the council that<br />
can help.<br />
If you are a Disabled person, you<br />
may be eligible for a grant to adapt<br />
your home to improve accessibility.<br />
If you are a business, contact<br />
our 1-2-1 Business support team:<br />
lbhf.gov.uk/business-support.<br />
Help with benefits and grants<br />
If you are a council tenant and<br />
need advice on benefits, grants<br />
or budgeting, please call the<br />
H&F Welfare Benefits team<br />
on 020 8753 5566 or email:<br />
welfare.benefit@lbhf.gov.uk.<br />
Coming to you<br />
Look out for our pop-up stalls<br />
in community locations, estates<br />
and shopping areas across H&F,<br />
with information about benefits,<br />
debts, health and wellbeing.<br />
Call the <strong>Cost</strong>-<strong>of</strong>-<strong>Living</strong> team<br />
for details or visit our website:<br />
lbhf.gov.uk/cost<strong>of</strong>living.<br />
Call our <strong>Cost</strong>-<strong>of</strong>-<strong>Living</strong> team for<br />
free on 0800 917 6994. Lines are open<br />
8am-6pm, Monday to Friday<br />
Or email: cost<strong>of</strong>livingteam@lbhf.gov.uk<br />
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