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ESA benefit: Everything you need to know
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benefits

ESA benefit: Everything you need to know

Disabled people and those with long-term health conditions can claim ESA benefit if they're struggling to make ends meet
Child tax credit: Do you qualify?
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benefits

Child tax credit: Do you qualify?

Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights
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housing

Intentionally homeless: What it means for your housing rights

Help with funeral costs: Know your options
Funeral poverty

Help with funeral costs: Know your options

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know
cost of living

Widowed parent's allowance: What you should know

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Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter
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volunteering

Volunteer at a homeless shelter this winter

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials
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poverty

White goods grant: Where to get help replacing essentials

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help
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Housing

Support for mortgage interest: Where to get help

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year
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Benefits

DWP benefit payment dates in January 2025 – and how much benefits will go up this year

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait
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Benefits

Universal credit advance payment: Bridging the five-week wait

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?

What benefits can I claim?
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Benefits

What benefits can I claim?

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year
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Christmas

Where to get a free Christmas dinner in your community this year

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
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Christmas

Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?
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Homelessness

Which charities are fighting homelessness in the UK?

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

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 to volunteer at a food bank
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Food banks

How to volunteer at a food bank

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

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What are the causes of homelessness?
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Homelessness

What are the causes of homelessness?

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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Housing

What to do about mould and damp in a rented property

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