benefits

20 Mar 2023

Cost of living: Debt Awareness Week 2023

Money worries and debt are still topics that many find difficult to talk about, and Debt Awareness Week encourages people to talk about their …

6 Mar 2023

Cost of living: Claiming all you are entitled to

Are you claiming all the help that you are entitled to? Inflation and the current cost of living crisis it has caused means that …

19 Jan 2022

Ealing Council stands up for residents facing cost-of-living hit

Council leader Peter Mason and Councillor Bassam Mahfouz, cabinet member for decent living incomes, have written to the government asking for urgent action on …

6 Dec 2021

Extra financial help available for Ealing residents in crisis

Ealing Council is reminding residents that they could be eligible for extra financial support this winter through the local welfare assistance scheme. Ealing has …

5 Aug 2021

Free summer holiday activities and food programme

Ealing Council is delighted to be delivering the Holiday Activity and Food (HAF) programme, which is being funded by the Department for Education. Funds have been made …

1 Feb 2019

Foodbanks, Brexit and more

I have seen how foodbanks have become the hub of some people’s lives as they struggle to make ends meet and put food on …

28 Jan 2019

Foodbank providing lifeline to those in crisis

“We don’t think anyone in our community should have to face going hungry,” said the manager of the local foodbank offering emergency food and …

13 Apr 2018

Could you ‘benefit’ from some support?

It might surprise you to know you do not have to be out of work to receive benefit. Many thousands of people in the …

24 Feb 2017

Mind the benefits cap (again)

If you receive benefits you may be affected by changes that came into force recently, limiting the amount you can receive. It is not …

19 Sep 2016

Mind the (benefits) cap

If you receive benefits, you may be affected by changes that come into force in November, which limit the amount you can receive. A …

17 Aug 2016

Post-exam stress? No need to panic

Exam results not what you expected? Have no clue what to do next? Well, firstly, stay calm and do not panic. Secondly, go along …

8 Jul 2016

Free advice…and a chance to win

The free, monthly jobs, health and housing service Advice Plus is celebrating its first anniversary on Thursday (14 July) – and you could win …

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Celebrating the King’s Coronation

Party planners are being invited to start rallying up friends and neighbours to come together and celebrate King Charles III’s Coronation. With national celebrations …

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