Welcome to this month's Cost of Living Support Newsletter
In this last edition for 2024, you can find information on: housing, where to find food support and lots more helpful advice.
Find out more through the Your Life Doncaster webhub.
The Bread and Butter Thing Christmas opening times
The Bread and Butter Thing provides affordable food – £35 worth of food for £8.50. You need to sign up to the service to access it. Text 07860 063 304 with your full name, postcode and the name of the hub you will be collecting from.
You can shop with us, as little or as much as you want. So, if it is something you just want to use over the Christmas period, you can.
Monday 14:00 - 14:30, Doncaster Central Family Hub, Welcome Way, Doncaster, DN1 3QS. Open - 16th, 23rd, 30th, 6th
Tuesday 13:30 - 14:00, Grange Lane Infant Academy, New Rossington, DN11 0QY. Open - 17th, 24th, 31st, 7th
Wednesday 13:30 - 14:00 New Oxford Road, Mexborough Community Hub, Mexborough, S64 0JL. Open - 18th, 20th, 27th, 8th
Thursday 13:30 - 14:00 The Fair Green Hotel, Horse Fair Green, Thorne, DN8 5EE. Open - 19th, 28th, 2nd, 9th
Friday 13:00 - 14:00 Bullcroft Memorial Hall, Chestnut Avenue, Doncaster, DN6 8AP. Open - 20th, 27th, 3rd, 10th
Applications open for latest round of Household Support Fund
Government has provided City of Doncaster Council with nearly £3m from the latest round of Household Support Funding, to support households most in need with the cost of household essentials this winter.
The funding will provide support with the cost of energy and water bills, food, and wider essentials. Households in receipt of Housing Benefit, Council Tax Reduction, Universal Credit (Housing Element) and Free School Meals (means tested) will receive a single payment detailed below.
Working-Age Households
- £75 payment to childless households;
- £150 payment to households with 1 or 2 dependent children;
- £225 payment to households with 3 or more dependent children.
Pensioner Households
- £50 payment to households receiving Pension Credit, or eligible to receive Pension Credit but have not applied;
- £150 payment to households not receiving Pension Credit
If you have received payments in the previous rounds of funding, and you are still eligible, then the payment will have automatically gone into your bank account or by cheque if we do not have your bank details. If you haven’t received the funding previously and you meet the eligibility criteria above, please visit Household Support Fund - City of Doncaster Council to apply online. If you would like assistance in completing the form, please contact the Benefits Team on 01302 735336.
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Useful contacts over Christmas and New Year
Whether it's information about bin collections, recycling your Christmas waste and Christmas trees or mental health support, you can find useful links to information, support and emergency contact numbers for over the Christmas and New Year period at Christmas and New Year in Doncaster
A look into some of Doncaster's Welcoming Spaces
All of our 24 Libraries in Doncaster are classed as Welcoming Spaces.
Welcoming Spaces started as a crisis response to keep people warm through the winter, with many community spaces across Doncaster signing up to be one, and has blossomed into a movement to reconnect individuals and communities across the country all year round.
Libraries provide a free public and inclusive environment, where no one will be challenged just for being there. We offer not only physical warmth, but emotional too, and we can signpost to other services such as food banks, housing support and health resources, you just need to ask.
We're committed to strengthening the social fabric of our communities and ensure that libraries remain a free resource for all. Libraries are much more than quiet spaces filled with books, we're vibrant community hubs that provide a wide range of services and support to people of all ages and backgrounds. Come along and read, relax, use the Wi-Fi and find out how you can become involved in your community.
You can check your local Library opening hours at https://library.doncaster.gov.uk/libraries which is up-to-date with Christmas and New Year openings.
You can find your local welcoming space through the Warm Welcome website.
Citizen's Advice Doncaster: FREE Winter Packs
Do you know that Citizens Advice Doncaster Borough are providing winter warmth packs containing items such as window film, draught excluders, and radiator insulation?
When used together these measures can help reduce heat loss in homes by up to 35% - helping you to stay warmer during chillier times.
Find out more in the video below
 Looking for Support this Winter?
We know how important it is to feel safe and well this winter, and there is lots of support available to you across Doncaster.
Click on the link below and you can find specialist advice on financial support, health guidance, as well as information on staying warm through the winter months.
Please share information in these newsletters and our online resources, with family, friends and neighbours that would find this information helpful.
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