Southmead News & What’s On Issue 70 September - October 2022 FREE DONATIONS WELCOME Knit & Na�er at last year’s Winter Celebra�on Week
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e understand how worrying it is to constantly hear in the news that another na�onal crisis is upon us and that we’re going to struggle even more to afford to feed ourselves and our families, to pay bills, or to keep the cold out this winter. As you may have seen, the new Prime Minister has announced an ‘energy price guarantee’ limi�ng the annual bill of a household, with typical electricity and gas usage, to £2,500 from October. This is welcome, and although helpful is not going to be enough for many of us. Here at the Trust we’re looking at ways to support residents to get through the Cost of Living Crisis. We want to s�ck together to keep our community as strong as possible. Please do pop into the Greenway
Centre, call us on 0117 950 3335, or email us on info@southmead.org and we can let you know what advice or support is available locally. If you would like to work with a professional to help manage your rising energy bill, then come to one of our Energy Help Hubs at the Greenway Centre. The next one is on Tuesday 27th September, from 1:30pm to 3pm. Topics discussed will be: how to reduce our energy home use; how to communicate with your energy company; and what help is available. See full details on page 3. Please join us at the free family event ‘Charge the Earth Summit’ organised by MP Darren Jones at the Greenway Centre, on Saturday 1st October, from 10:00 am to 4:00pm. On offer will be advice from chari�es, tradespeople, live demonstra�ons and talks about how to how to handle the crisis. See full details on page 4. cont on page 3>
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