With the current uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 we have seen a significant rise in stress relating to money management. We have found some useful websites with information on how to manage your money but also how to cope if you haven’t been able to work, who to talk to if you can’t meet you rent/mortgage payments, advice on benefits and other useful resources.
Free school meals for school aged children over Easter
East End CAB – Welfare and benefits advice
Call: 0203 855 4472 / Email: [email protected] / Text 0786 004 1446.
Tower Hamlets Residents Support Scheme – Providing essential crisis support to some of its most vulnerable residents
https://www.towerhamlets.gov.uk/lgnl/advice_and_benefits/ Residents_Support_Scheme.aspx
Managing your mental wellbeing and financial wellbeing
https://www.moneyandmentalhealth.org/covid-19-mental-financial-wellbeing/
If you’re struggling with living costs
Complete ban on evictions and additional protection for renters
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/complete-ban-on-evictions-and-additional-protection-for-renters
If you can’t pay your bills because of Coronavirus
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/debt-and-money/if-you-cant-pay-your-bills-because-of-coronavirus/
A guide to mortgage payment holidays
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/mortgage-payment-holidays
Coronavirus and your money
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/coronavirus-and-your-money
Coronavirus – what it means for you and what you are entitled to
https://www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk/en/articles/coronavirus-what-it-means-for-you
Covid-19 business support
Check what benefits you can have due to Coronavirus
https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/benefits/coronavirus-check-what-benefits-you-can-get/
Understanding benefits and Coronavirus
https://www.understandinguniversalcredit.gov.uk/coronavirus/