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Boston Borough Council
Local authority. Support and advice about a large range of topics, including benefits and tax
Citizen's Advice Mid Lincs
General advice, primarily delivered by volunteers. Specialist advice is available on topics such as debt and the Money Mentor project (supporting those who are unemployed back into employment). Provide advice online, over the phone, and face to face
Early Accommodation Council (EAC)
Help for older people to make informed choices about their housing and care needs. Independent and free
Lincolnshire Credit Union
Responsible financial services provider
Lincolnshire Housing Partnership
Local Housing Association. Includes support for Financial Inclusion and Affordable Warmth, Telecare Service and Memory Lane Day Service
Nacro
Support for vulnerable people including young people, adults and families, and help them to move on through our National Homes Agency. Offer education and skills for young people outside of mainstream schooling, people in custody and the community to reintegrate into society, helping with housing, mental health and substance misuse issue, support people to overcome barriers presented by their criminal records and to move on from previous mistakes
P3
Floating support service is for adults over the age of 18 who need support to manage and maintain their accommodation, and live independently
Centre Point outreach
Support for the homeless, vulnerable and lonely. Includes a drop in centre at Belmont House, rough sleeper facilities such as shower and change of clothes, emergency food parcels. Also run a furniture regeneration project from Fenside Community which is then donated to people in the community
Boston Salvation Army Bridge Drop In
Provide soup, toast, hot drinks and biscuits to those in need. Also supply emergency food parcels, christmas presents and christmas food hampers for disadvantages families that are referred
Shaw Trust
Employment Support Schemes across Britain to help people gain skills and move into work
Anglian Water
Support to people struggling to pay their water bill or where water stoppages would directly affect their health:
Anglian Water Assistance Fund, Water Direct (for people on benefits who want the DWP to pay directly to Anglian Water), Lite (for people on low incomes) , Water Sure (puts a limit on charges for people in receipt of benefits and who's water is on a meter) and Water Care (For vulnerable people to ensure water supply is not interrupted or who will receive bottled water if an interruption is unavoidable, special tariffs and reassurance against bogus callers)
Budgeting loans and budgeting advances (DWP)
If you have been claiming benefits for at least 6 months, you can apply for an interest-free loan from your jobcentre, to be used for essential items such as: fridge, cooker, washing machine, furniture, costs of moving home, clothes for interviews.
There are two types of loan:
Social Fund Budgeting Loan = (if you claim income support, JSA, ESA or pension credit)
Budgeting Advances = (If you claim Universal Credit)
Both work in a similar way. The amount you can claim depends on what you need to pay for, and your circumstances and the loan MUST be repaid within 12 months (may be extended to 18 months in some circumstances)
Cash in a Crisis (DWP)
For those waiting for benefits or wages to get help to pay bills, buy food and get through a crisis.
Its a short term benefit ADVANCE due to delays that are not your fault.
To be eligible, you must be claiming an income-related benefit such as JSA, income support or Universal Credit and prove you are experiencing financial hardship.
To get more information, contact your local Jobcentre
Christians Against Poverty
Free debt counselling. Effective budgeting. Over 200 CAP Debt Centres. Visits in own home. Available to everyone regardless of religion, age etc.
CAPUK.ORG Tel: 0800 328 0006
Forces for Warmth (Delivered by National Energy Action)
The project, specifically designed to support serving and ex serving personnel, has been developed to increase the awareness and understanding of fuel poverty and its impacts to staff and volunteers, who help support householders, via a half day or full day training session delivered by a member of NEA’s award winning training team.
Once training has been delivered staff will have on-going support from a regional member of NEA’s project delivery team who will help with complex fuel debt and energy cases. Those involved with the project will also be able to refer householders to the Forces for Warmth Crisis Fund which will help with financial top-ups for emergency energy measures and emergency credit for prepayment meters.
Heating, Energy, Warmth
Energy companies have been tasked with providing qualifying domestic energy customers with a range of measures designed to make their homes warmer and healthier, and help to keep energy bills as low as possible. This could include a free boiler grant to cover some or all of the cost to repair or replace a boiler with a new A-rated energy saving model. Grants are also available to install cavity wall insulation or loft insulation or to install new electric storage heaters. Please note that funding for new gas boilers is now very limited and applications may not be successful.
You can still benefit from free grants for LPG boilers, oil boilers, electric storage heaters and insulation.
Funding is available to improve the insulation in the hardest to treat properties.To be eligible for an external insulation grant from ECO, at least 50% of the external walls will need to be insulated. E-on: Apply for a Grant, You could get money towards a new efficient boiler – as well as free cavity wall and loft insulation – through the Government’s Affordable Warmth scheme. Could also search on other big Energy Suppliers
National Debtline
Variety of Debt advice services including Factsheets on a variety of financial topics, Helpline, Chat facility, Self help tools
Nacro Boston
Supporting disadvantaged young people 16-19+ (ex-offenders) by provision of education and vocational opportunities whilst working alongside Job Centre Plus to give them the very best possible job prospects.
Nacro - On Track
Supported accommodation provided by Framework for single, homeless men and women who are over 18. Short stay, emergency and non-emergency accommodation service. The emergency accommodation 24 hour staff cover. Max stay 3 months.
Non-emergency accommodation is provided in a combination of shared and self- contained units dispersed throughout each of the four districts and clients can stay for up to six months.
On Track provides 24 hour accommodation and community-based housing and support to homeless and vulnerable people; helping them to move on to independent living.
On Track staff will work with clients to create a support plan that they are happy with. This will include identifying appropriate long term housing options and creating a client-led action plan to work towards achieving goals; support to access specialist services; reducing social isolation and working with clients on a range of individual needs.
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