Thursday 10 November 2022

Help for Households in the Cost of Living Crisis

 Cllr Leo Hammond sent this reminder of help provided by the Council;

The latest round of schemes as part of our Help For Households at ERYC have been announced to help residents through the difficult times ahead. These are on top of support from the Government and schemes ERYC already offers to support residents. The new schemes are:

1. An extension of free school meals for children who qualify over the December and February school holidays.

2. £200,000 to support families with the cost of school uniforms as of December.

3. £100,000 to support households struggling to afford oil or LPG

4. £100,000 to support low income households with boiler repairs or upgrades.

5. £45,000 to support single households with energy costs.

6. £360,000 to support households on low incomes who do not qualify for Government Cost of Living Support.

7. £792,000 to support both single and family households who are in work and not receiving any form of benefit with an income (single household) of less than £26,000 per annum, or a combined income (family household) of less than £31,000 per annum.

Please can you share this information with your councillors and parishioners. As you can see, as a Council, we are committed to supporting our residents through this difficult time.

If anyone wishes to apply for any of the above or other schemes already offered by the council, they need to go here: https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/cost-of-living-help-for-households/

Alternatively, residents can contact me and I will help them get in touch with who they need to be. 

This information will also be going out to all households in the Your East Riding magazine, so people who are not able to access the internet will also have access to support. 

Best wishes, 

Leo 

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