The cash is to be used to employ energy advisors to help people slash their fuel bills. Housing associations that secured the funding welcomed the news as “another step forward” in the fight against fuel poverty. The money has come from the UK energy regulator OFGEM’s Energy Redress Scheme and is administered by the Energy Saving Trust. Elderpark Housing has been awarded the funding to work with Govan and Linthouse Housing Associations with each association having a dedicated Energy Advisor who can offer support and assistance. Elderpark Housing, in partnership with Govan and Linthouse Housing Associations, are the only housing association recipients in a list of nine UK awards in this current round of funding.
WHILE the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted on so many things we used to take for granted, life must go on. For many, that means finding a new job or starting out on a first or different career path. If you’re a young person from a background without advantage or someone who missed out on learning opportunities at school because of childhood trauma, how do you get a break in life? Maybe you got off to a bad start when you were younger; how do you get on a better track? This much we know. Helping individuals develop personally doesn’t happen by punishing them with pernicious benefit sanctions. Treating people out of work with hostility and indignity is a broken policy from the Victorian era. And yet, this approach remains at the heart of the UK Government’s unemployment policy.
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The Salvation Army says demand for support in Govan has doubled as church leaders appear on BBC s The One Show DEMAND for the crucial festive work of The Salvation Army has almost doubled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Around 1500 children - who might otherwise miss out on Christmas gifts - will be given a present this year. Church leaders Majors Mark and Tracy Bearcroft say that compared to last year they are already seeing almost twice as much demand from people hardest hit by the pandemic. The church s work featured on BBC One’s The One Show this week.
Film crews recorded at the church and charity in Govan to capture its Christmas Present Appeal, which this year is expected to bring joy to around 1500 children who might otherwise miss out on opening a present.