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Cost of living

Support, advice and ideas for navigating the cost of living crisis

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Practical ways to help residents stay warm this winter

Centre for Sustainable Energy share practical tips and resources to help your community with energy bills this winter
How to run a local energy awareness campaign

A guide to running a local energy awareness campaign, inspired by DY10 Big Local

Big Local projects

Examples of Big Local projects tackling cost of living related issues like food, money and mental health
Centre for Sustainable Energy resources

Resources from our climate partners, including guides on how to run a fuel poverty project and local energy awareness workshops
Free energy advice leaflets from Centre for Sustainable Energy

A set of energy advice leaflets from our climate partners about heating and electricity in your home
Support from partners

Access support from our partners on things like managing energy and building costs, setting up warm hubs and crisis communications
MyCommunity Cost of Living Hub

Resources from across the community sector to help groups to adapt and survive under these new, extremely challenging conditions
Signposting page

A page dedicated to signposting you to cost of living support currently available beyond Local Trust

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