Sixteen NI Charities Launch Cost of Living 24 Community Support

Sixteen of Northern Ireland’s leading charities have come together to host a unique one-stop support service for the many impacts of the cost-of-living crisis.

The situation is so serious, they say, that many people are turning to charities for the first time in their lives.

The Cost of Living 24 campaign aims to make navigating community and voluntary services easy, local and accessible, thanks to a dedicated webpage and freephone number (0808 189 0036).

The partnership provides information and advice on a range of subjects: benefits and entitlements, fuel and child poverty, affordable childcare and housing. It also signposts to foodbanks in towns and cities throughout Northern Ireland.

Services aim to meet the needs of anyone struggling with high living costs cost – regardless of age, location or background – and include those offered Age NI, Carers NI and Disability Action.

USPCA CEO Nora Smith said 'We welcome this opportunity to be one of the sixteen organisations that have come together as we try and alieveate some of the hardship and worry that families and individuals face when struggling to make ends meet. At the USPCA we are seeing the need for financial assistance with pet bills increase and this collaboration makes our services even more accessible for those who need it. We want to see keep pets and their owners staying together'.

Cost of Living 24 offers support and information via:

Webpage: www.communitywellbeing.info/cost-of-living-24 (Or search ‘Community Wellbeing Cost of Living 24’)

Freephone: 0808 189 0036

Webchat: www.communitywellbeing.info