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£1.17m funding awarded to support older people facing poverty in coastal areas

Stuart Mitchell

A total of £1.17 million has been awarded to eight charities supporting older people living in coastal areas across England and Wales, boosting their work to improve the financial wellbeing of older people in their area and ensure their homes are safe and suitable. The funding comes from Independent Age, the national charity committed to tackling poverty in later life, through the second round of its Older People’s Fund. This funding round focuses on coastal communities with high numbers of older private renters, a group shown to be at greater…

Virgin Media O2 and The Multibank join forces to help people in poverty stay connected this winter

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2 is helping hundreds of people experiencing financial hardship stay connected this winter and beyond by providing free smartphones and O2 mobile data to The Multibank.   Through this new partnership, the company has donated refurbished phones and O2 data via its Community Calling programme with charity, Hubbub, which are being rehomed to people who need them through Multibanks in Fife, Swansea, and Tees Valley.   It’s part of the operator’s pledge to donate up to 12,000 devices to people who can’t afford data or devices during 2025, and comes…

Digital Poverty Alliance Expands Tech4Young Carers Scheme to Bridge the Digital Divide for Hundreds More Young People Across the UK

Stuart Mitchell

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has expanded its Tech4Young Carers scheme, helping more young people across the UK access the technology and skills they need to stay connected, bridge the digital divide, manage their caring responsibilities, while continuing their education. Following a successful first year in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, the scheme is now being rolled out to Milton Keynes and Southend-on-Sea, reaching an additional 200 young carers across these three regions. This expansion forms part of the DPA’s wider mission to end digital poverty across the UK, with funding provided…

Cadent Foundation to strengthen focus on tackling fuel poverty after announcing record year of support

Stuart Mitchell

The Cadent Foundation has announced that it will strengthen its efforts to address the interconnected issues of cold homes, low incomes and poor health, after releasing its 2024 Impact Report. The announcement comes on the back of a record-breaking year for the Foundation, in which it more than tripled the amount of people it supported through funding vital fuel poverty programmes. Over the past year, over £4.2m worth of grants and funding have been distributed to charity partners, resulting in just under 38,000 people receiving support with advice and energy…

Charity In Kind Direct And Partners Launch Major In Store Campaign With Tesco, To Support The 2.2 Million UK Families Living In Hygiene Poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Latest data from charity In Kind Direct has revealed that 1 in 4 UK households with children are living in hygiene poverty, that’s 2.2m families who are facing impossible decisions to eat, heat or keep clean everyday. It’s our shared mission to ensure families can access the products they need to keep clean and well.  That’s why In Kind Direct are continuing to grow the campaign with longstanding partners Tesco, Unilever, Essity, Haleon, Kimberly Clark, Edgewell and P&G to support more families who are having to go without. The impact…