{"id":543,"date":"2026-07-01T19:20:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:20:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/?page_id=543"},"modified":"2026-07-01T19:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:20:40","slug":"cost-of-living-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/cost-of-living-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Cost of Living Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Coping with Rising Cost of Living \u2013 Food, Fuel and Money \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>The Cost of Living Crisis has already begun to affect people and will continue to do so, this section will provide an overview of support available and practical tips for Newham residents on how to cope with the rising cost of living focusing on food, fuel and money. Brought to you by Our Newham Money, Newham Food Alliance, and Public Health:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newham Food Alliance \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Referrals can be self-referrals or made on behalf of a resident by frontline staff, family member or friend.<\/p>\n<p>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:frontdoor@newhamfoodalliance.org\">frontdoor@newhamfoodalliance.org<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0Phone 07790 975 086 (weekdays 9am-5pm).\u00a0<a title=\"Newham Food Alliance Referral Website\" href=\"https:\/\/newham-self.achieveservice.com\/service\/NFA_Referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to access the online referral form.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Newham London<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Cost of Living Support Webpage \u2013 Find out more about the support available to residents \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"Newham London - Cost of Living support webpage\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newham.gov.uk\/costoflivingresponse\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here to visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Our Newham Work \u2013\u00a0The Our Newham Work team share an office with the Our Newham Money team.\u00a0Residents seeking help with employment related matters can register by going into the office in person or online.\u00a0 Documentation is usually required to confirm identity, if the person doesn\u2019t have this the team will see what they can do to help so it is worth asking. People must have lived in the borough for three months or more to receive support. For further details see their website.<\/p>\n<p>Services include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Resources on the website<\/li>\n<li>Training opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Job brokerage service<\/li>\n<li>Specialist services \u2013 supported employment, NEET, young people<\/li>\n<li>Help for local employers<\/li>\n<li>Outreach and community engagement<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"Our Newham Work website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ournewhamwork.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Money A &amp; E (advice and education) \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Free financial support service provided across London but based in Newham.\u00a0Education, money mentors workshops, money coach service provides free debt, benefits, energy and money advice.<\/p>\n<p>Click on links on home page to self-refer to money mentors workshops or money coach service.\u00a0<a title=\"Money A &amp; E website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyaande.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to visit their website.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>LBN Family Navigators \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>New drop-in service for Newham residents, currently being offered at libraries around the borough and likely to be in more locations in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Family Navigators can signpost residents who are parents\/carers of children up to the age of 18 (25 for SEND) to services relating to housing, money and financial, health and wellbeing, food, education, wellbeing and parenting.<\/p>\n<p>See flyer circulated with these notes for further information. This includes a QR code which can be scanned to access information about where the Family Navigators will be holding drop-in sessions during each week. This is regularly updated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Our Newham Money \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Team of 30, including specialist debt and benefit advisors. Can assist with financial wellbeing, identifying priorities for payments, smart saving tips.\u00a0Also provide emergency support including Household Support Fund, Social Fund and Council Tax Rebate Discretionary Fund. They can assist with signposting\/onward referral to HPAs and Employment Rights Hub.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Our Money Newham website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ournewhammoney.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to visit them online.<\/a>\u00a0or you can visit them in person at\u00a0Our Newham Money, 112-118\u00a0 The Grove, Stratford, E15 1NS or\u00a0call: 0208 471 8041. They are open\u00a0Monday \u2013 Friday\u00a0 9am \u2013 5pm.<\/p>\n<p>You can also contact Our Newham Money through their website\u00a0<a title=\"Our Newham Money - Contact Form\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ournewhammoney.co.uk\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact form here<\/a>\u00a0or by emailing them on\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ournewhammoney@newham.gov.uk\">ournewhammoney@newham.gov.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency Support Applications \u2013 Please\u00a0<a title=\"Our Newham Money - emergency support form\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ournewhammoney.co.uk\/affordable-loans\/emergency-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">click here to access the form<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Additional useful resources and tools:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mayor of London Cost of Living Hub \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"London City Hall - Help with the cost of living website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.london.gov.uk\/what-we-do\/communities\/help-cost-living\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help with the cost of living | London City Hall<\/a><\/li>\n<li>London Plus cost of living support directory \u2013\u00a0<a title=\"London Plus website - Support in London during the cost of living crisis\" href=\"https:\/\/londonplus.org\/news\/support-for-the-cost-of-living-crisis-london\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Support in London during the cost of living crisis \u2013 London Plus<\/a><\/li>\n<li>British Gas Energy Trust (independent fuel debt advice, not just for British Gas customers)\u00a0<a title=\"British Gas Energy Trust website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.britishgas.co.uk\/energy\/british-gas-energy-trust.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">British Gas Energy Trust \u2013 Independent advice and support \u2013 British Gas<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Help for Households website\" href=\"https:\/\/helpforhouseholds.campaign.gov.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Help for Households \u2013 Get government cost of living support<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Money and Mental Health website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneyandmentalhealth.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Home | Money and Mental Health Policy Institute \u2013 a charity founded by Martin Lewis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Money saving expert website\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moneysavingexpert.com\/credit-cards\/mental-health-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free Mental Health and Debt booklet \u2013 MSE (moneysavingexpert.com)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coping with Rising Cost of Living \u2013 Food, Fuel and Money \u2013\u00a0The Cost of Living Crisis has already begun to affect people and will continue&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-543","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/f84677\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}