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32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Christmas holidays
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Cost of living crisis

32 places where kids can eat free or for £1 during the Christmas holidays

Here are all of the places where kids can eat for free and cheap during the Christmas holidays, as families face the cost of living crisis
Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

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What benefits can I claim?

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

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Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?
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Renting

Rents in UK are rising at highest rate in decades. Will they keep going up?

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?
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Cost of living crisis

Fuel poverty in the UK: Why can’t people pay their energy bills?

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024
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Benefits

Here’s when pensioners will get the winter fuel payment in 2024

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

Making it through the cost of living crisis

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Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?
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Cost of living crisis

Warm home discount: Am I eligible and how can I apply?

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter
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Food banks

Here’s how to donate to a food bank near you this winter

DWP benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in December 2024 – including when you’ll get benefits over Christmas

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter
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Cost of living crisis

What is a warm bank? The places you can go to get warm this winter

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Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect
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Housing benefits

Housing benefit: How to claim and what to expect

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?
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Renting

How long can a landlord leave you without hot water?

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property
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What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

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Sign up to Working On It: The Big Issue newsletter about making work better

Job interview but low on cash? Here’s where to get a free smart outfit for a great first impression
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Job interview but low on cash? Here’s where to get a free smart outfit for a great first impression

Considering a new job? Here’s how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire
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Considering a new job? Here’s how to retrain in 10 crucial areas desperate to hire

Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?
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Working temperature: When is it too hot to work?

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How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world
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How to talk about climate justice and help create a more equal world

Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?
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Climate anxiety: What is it and how can you cope?

Air pollution: How to protect yourself from the deadly consequences of dirty air
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Air pollution: How to protect yourself from the deadly consequences of dirty air

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions
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Carbon Footprint

Looking to be more sustainable? Here’s our top 10 tips to reduce your carbon emissions

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Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person
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Homelessness

Here’s what to do if you see a homeless person

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
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Charity

These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need

11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change
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11 award winners share their campaign tips for achieving change

Experts explain how to fit volunteering around work, childcare, and the general chaos of modern life
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Experts explain how to fit volunteering around work, childcare, and the general chaos of modern life