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Claim free shopping vouchers for vulnerable people this winter

If you are struggling with paying energy bills, food and clothing we can help in a number of practical ways

Central Bedfordshire Council announced details of the new Household Support Grant. They say on their website “Financial support for your family, during winter 2021/2022 – The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has launched a new HSG which replaces the COVID-19 Local Support Grant. We will be providing funding for eligible households in a number of ways including supermarket vouchers for households, direct provision of food and grants to third parties (with the exception of debt advice provision).”

Contact the AdviceCentral team who are ready to assist you to access  shopping vouchers (for eligible households), and helping you to get support from local organisations.

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Campton, Clifton, Clophill, Chalton, Chicksands, Cranfield, Dunstable,

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Higham Gobion, Houghton Conquest, Houghton Regis,

Husborne Crawley, Kensworth, Langford, Leighton Buzzard,

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Northill, Old Warden, Pepperstock,

Potton, Pulloxhill, Ridgmont,

Sandy, Shefford, Silsoe, Shillington, Slip End, Southill,

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Toddington, Westoning, Wingfield, Wixams, Woburn & Woodside.

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