Cost of Living

Times are really hard for many of us at the moment. Here are some of the resources and organisations that we know about that might be able to help.

Your local councils

Both Bromsgrove District and Redditch Borough Councils have really good pages on their website signposting a range of their own services as well as lots of other charities and partners that may be able to help:

Bromsgrove www.bromsgrove.gov.uk/costofliving

Redditch www.redditchbc.gov.uk/costofliving

There’s also a handy leaflet that you can download here

Download leaflet

KnowledgeBank is a useful directory of services and organisations across Bromsgrove and Redditch that can offer a range of support. (BARN helps maintain the voluntary and community sector listings.)

knowledgebank.bromsgroveandredditch.gov.uk

Worcestershire County Council also has some advice on their page at
https://www.worcestershire.gov.uk/council-services/communities/cost-living-support

Charities and other help and support

The Bromsgrove and Redditch Council websites listed above have a good range of local charities listed that might be able to help, so we would recommend checking those out. Here are some of the key sources we would recommend:

Support Bromsgrove supportbromsgrove.com

Support Bromsgrove is a partnership of Voluntary, Community & Public Sector groups across Bromsgrove District that came together during the pandemic, and now are a support network of local organisations here to help in whatever way they can. Their website is full of useful information, much of which covers Redditch too:

Citizen’s Advice Bromsgrove and Redditch www.cabr.org.uk

Citizen’s Advice are able to offer free, independent advice on a range of topics including benefits, debt and housing. They are also currently administering the Household Support Fund

Act on Energy actonenergy.org.uk

Act on Energy have a huge amount of experience supporting people around energy issues. They are also currently able to access the Household Support Fund for energy needs

Foodbanks

Bromsgrove

Redditch

  • Redditch Foodbank redditch.foodbank.org.uk
  • Batchley Support Group Redditch Communities Community pantry based at Salters Lane, where you can join and buy food at a discounted price. They also offer food parcels and free produce outside regularly for people to help themselves.For more information see their Facebook @BatchleySupportGroup or call on 01527 457291.

Need more help?

If you can’t find anything that meets your needs, you can email us at office@barn.org.uk, or ring 01527 60282. We can’t guarantee we can find the right service for you, but we’ll try our best.