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Strut Safe  is a free UK-wide phoneline for when you’re walking alone. 

Operating hours:

Fridays and Saturdays 7pm-3am

Sundays 7pm-1am

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Please visit Strut Safe’s page or their website for more info

https://strutsafe.org/ 

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Help is available for people across Worcestershire who are most in need. The Household Support Fund maybe able to help with:

• financial support toward current energy and water costs
• financial support toward energy and water debts only
• help to repair, service and replace broken boilers and heating systems
• support with food costs or direct provision of food
• support with wider essentials

To find out more information visit:

https://www.actonenergy.org.uk/project/worcestershire-hsf/

http://worcestershireadvicenetwork.org.uk/ 

Please note this is not an emergency support service, it may take a number of weeks for applications to be processed. 

Skills Bootcamps are free flexible courses of up to 16 weeks for people looking for a new role or job opportunity.

Once you complete the course, you’ll be guaranteed a job interview. If you’re self-employed, you’ll be able to use the training to seek new opportunities for your business. If you’re being supported by your current employer to complete the Skills Bootcamp then you’ll be offered a new role or new responsibilities.

You may be eligible to apply for a Skills Bootcamp if you:

• are aged 19 or over
• have the right to work in the UK
• live in England
• meet residency requirements – the training provider can check this

If you claim Universal Credit, you can apply and continue to claim benefits.

Some Skills Bootcamps have additional eligibility criteria. Contact the training provider to check if you’re eligible and apply for the course.

Find a Skills Bootcamp - West Midlands - Guidance - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

https://actonenergy.org.uk/project/worcestershire-hsf/ 

give support for energy costs across Worcestershire. You have to be a permanent Worcestershire resident, have an income of no more than £31,000, have no household savings and someone at home has some form of vulnerability e.g. disability, long term condition, pregnant, unmanageable debt.

Pensioners on pension credit should have had a one-off payment already. If you have just started receiving pension credit, you will receive a voucher in the coming weeks, and you do not need to apply. This will be issued to you in the form of a voucher directly by the county council.

For additional support for pensioners, carers and those with a disability please http://worcestershireadvicenetwork.org.uk/   Further information on the wider local support available can be found on the  https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/community-services-directory 

Help with food and other essentials may be available, contact your  local District Council  for more information.

For help to find a local food bank visit:https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-help/find-a-foodbank/

https://www.foodaidnetwork.org.uk/our-members   You may have a child who attends school and you don’t get a lot of money, for more information about Free School Meals visit https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/schools-education-and-learning/free-school-meals

We the council will continue to support families who qualify for a Free School Meal in the holidays until the end of the February 2024. You will need to contact your school directly regarding the issuing of Free School Meal vouchers during school holidays.

Further support with holiday activities and food is also available for families via the Ready Steady Worcestershire programme https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/virtual-family-hub/ready-steady-worcestershire-holiday-activities-and-food-haf-programme

Healthy Start is a Government Scheme that provides weekly vouchers to parents and can help you if you’re pregnant or have a young child under four. These vouchers can be spent on milk, fruit and vegetables and infant formula milk at your local shops and supermarkets, as well as offering coupons for free vitamins too.

For more information about the scheme https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/health-and-wellbeing-advice-and-guidance/healthy-eating