Free water-efficiency audits are now available for businesses to help make sure their water facilities are up to date and not leaking, as part of part of Severn Trent’s Green Recovery programme,

Cash for Kids, Bauer Media’s charity network, has today announced that £1million will be made available to the most vulnerable families in the UK to help with the cost-of-living crisis.

Many charities are being squeezed right now by an invisible pair of pincers. On one side they are struggling to maintain their incomes as donors cut back in the face of a cost-of-living crisis, and on the other side their costs are surging as the impact of inflation begins to bite…

Voluntary, community and charity organisations in Newcastle-under-Lyme can apply for a grant to set up warm spaces this winter.

This is a monthly briefing that began in Aug 2022. It uses Charity Excellence Big Data to provide an oversight of how well charities and voluntary organisations are responding to the cost of living crisis and what the future might look like.

In August 2022 Citizens Advice Staffordshire North and Stoke-on-Trent published a report that looked at how the cost-of-living crisis was
affecting people in North Staffordshire. This is their winter update: How the cost-of-living crisis is still affecting North
Staffordshire.

With everything you need to know from setting up and accessibility considerations, to funding and volunteering, our welcoming spaces guide will help you to decide on the what, where, when, and how of getting your Welcoming Space going.

Wednesday 18th January, 11am – 2pm, The Potteries Centre.

This exciting event is the ideal platform for local organisations to spread the word about their important work and the huge difference they’re making to the communities they work in.

Co-op and Crowdfunder have teamed up to help community organisations navigate the cost of living crisis to provide vital services this winter.

Are you welcoming people into a warm space in your community, or wanting to extend existing activities or services to support more people?

Eligible community groups could get up to £3,000 to continue or extend vital services.

The cost-of-living crisis is on everyone’s minds at the moment, as soaring inflation causes rising costs, rising bills, and a general sense of uncertainty when it comes to our finances. For charities, there are three core areas of concern…

National Grid has today launched a £50 million support fund to help alleviate financial distress caused by rising energy costs. Over the next two winters, the fund will make significant donations to organisations working on the front line of the energy crisis.