Your Guide To Beating The Cost of Living 'Challenge'


​The rising cost of living will affect us all in different ways and in an effort to remain positive, we like to refer to it as a cost of living 'challenge' rather than a crisis.

With that in mind we've brought together various resources for you to help you and the people you care about get through it together.

Take a look at our infographic and then scroll down to click through to additional resources and information.

Feel free to then share this with others and email us if you'd like to explore additional ideas and opportunities for your people.
Help for Households

Help for Households is a fantastic government website with information around income support, energy bills, child-care costs, housing support, transport costs, help finding work, savings and discounts. 
Help with your Energy Bills

Learn about the £400 reduction in energy bills for households in Great Britain from this October. This automatic, non-repayable discount will be applied in six instalments between October 2022 and March 2023 to help households through winter.
90+ ways to save money

​Here's a guide from Martin 'Money Saving Expert' Lewis, with over ninety ways to save cash to get yourself through this situation.
What income support are you entitled to?

Learn what financial support and benefits might be avaialable for you and your household.
Access Discounts and Offers

Get offers from numerous businesses to help with the rising cost of living.
Need to be better with budgeting?

The Money Charity Budget Builder is a free, easy-to-use, interactive tool, available on desktop and mobile, which will help you create your own customised budget and then use it to keep track of your day-to-day spending. 
Worried about rising debts?

Some people are cutting back on how much they spend on food, or eating less, so they can pay for heating but many are falling into arrears, or using credit to pay for essentials, making the problem worse.

Take a look at the options from our partners at StepChange Debt Charity offering free advice.

Useful resources suggested by employees via our interactive group workshops...

Olio

Olio is a mobile app for sharing by giving away, getting, borrowing or lending things in your community for free, aiming to reduce household and food waste. It does this by connecting neighbours with spare food or household items to others nearby who wish to pick up those items.
Too Good To Go

Food waste is a big problem, and we can be a solution. Too Good To Go is the app that lets you rescue unsold food from an untimely fate at your favourite spots.
Martin Lewis - Money Saving Expert

Grab the latest deals, guides, tips 'n' tricks directly from Martin and the MSE team. 
StepChange Debt Charity

Take a look at our page dedicated to the fantastic services offered by StepChange including there debt test and various case study videos.
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Equifax

​Equifax monitor your Equifax credit report, provide you with alerts, and help you recover from ID theft so you can focus on living your financial best.
Money Helper - Budgeting Planner

Money Helpers free budget calculator will help you to know exactly where your money is being spent, and how much you’ve got coming in. Knowing how to manage a budget – keep track of where every pound is being spent – is a great first step to starting your savings, getting out of debt or preparing for retirement. 
Turn2Us

Turn2us helps people in financial need gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and other financial help – online, by phone and face to face through our partner organisations.
Request our free 'Cost of Living' PFD Guide

Email us to request your free 'Cost of Living' visual PDF guide with clickable links and QR codes.

This can be emailed to your teams with a clickable link or printed off and displayed for front-line workers who can then scan the QR code to access more information. 

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