Categories: cost of living

  • Bury Cost-of-Living Summit 2024

    Bury Cost-of-Living Summit 2024

    People who care about Bury came together on Monday (4 November) to understand how we have helped, and continue helping, the most vulnerable people in the Borough.

  • Pictured (from right) Paul shows Cllr Gold around the food club and the clothes shop

    Group expands cost of living support with help of grant

    Radcliffe Food Club has been able to increase its cost-of-living support thanks to a cost-of-living grant from Bury Council and Bury Voluntary, Community and Faith Alliance (VCFA). The charity, based at Bridge Community Church in the town, applied and received £1960 from the Cost of Living Community Fund to extend their services to include a permanent clothes shop, to help with heating costs and

  • Cost of living grants have helped groups such as Trust House improve their services during the current difficult times. Pictured is Katie Jenkinson, Centre Manager, showing Councillor Gold around the food pantry

    From healthy eating to healthy hearts and minds

    A range of projects run by community groups have received support from Bury Council and Bury Voluntary, Community, Faith Alliance (VCFA) to help residents with the cost of living.

  • Help and support with cost of living

    Drop in for cost-of-living advice at the Mosses

    Our next Cost of Living Showcase takes place on Wednesday 6 December noon-4pm at The Mosses Centre, Edward Street, Bury, BL9 0RZ. You can come along and get advice and support

  • Pictured are Councillor Richard Gold and Cindy Willcock (centre right) with Lubana Azam (eft) and Shaheen Khan from the Inspiring Women group who use the centre

    Phoenix Centre is at the heart of the community

    A vital community centre in its neighbourhood is expanding its services to help with the cost of living with the support of a grant from Bury Council. The Phoenix Centre, based in St Mary’s Park in Prestwich, is a hub for the local community and used by more than 2000 people every month.

  • Katie Jenkinson from the Trust House shows Cllr Gold how the food pantry works and explains about the other services Trust House provides

    Residents put their trust in community group for wellbeing

    The Trust House has grown from a small charity providing a community café in Whitefield to an organisation delivering a range of much needed support across the borough. It is using a £2000 Cost of living Community Fund grant from Bury Council & VCFA to add wellbeing sessions to its programme of support

  • A wide range of cooking on a budget and pre-loved kitchen equipment were available at the event

    Cooking up quality support

    Cost of living support is helping residents with affordable healthy cooking and access to pre-loved kitchen items. Friends of Clarence Park and social enterprise Cracking Good Food recently held a Kitchen Kit Giveaway and cooking activity fun day. Residents and community groups were able to come along and pick up pre-loved kitchen equipment to enable them to cook their favourite meals.

  • Pictured is Jonny Wineberg from Jewish Action for Mental Health demonstrating how to cook on a budget with Friendship Circle member Ellis Leigh

    Community grant spreads the cost of friendship

    Cost of living funding from Bury Council and Bury VCFA is supporting one local charity to help Bury young people with learning and physical disabilities. The Friendship Circle successfully applied for a Community Cost of Living Fund grant of £1830 earlier this year to hold special cost of living sessions such as cooking on a budget, debt advice and mental health and wellbeing

  • Local advice and support - Sedgley Community Hub, Bishops Road, M25 0HT

    Local advice and support in Sedgley

    An open day for residents to find out about support with cost of living takes place this week. It’s at Sedgley Community Hub, Bishop’s Road, M25 0HT on Thursday 28 September from 1-4pm.

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