Economic Downturn
| Personal finance benefits and tax |
| Care, health and wellbeing |
| Employment and skills |
| Housing |
| Business support |
Here you will all find a set of themes relating to the recession and the sorts of organisations that you can refer to, to help you through the economic downturn.
This is an indicative list and you will be able to find help from other organisations websites.
GPP have also produced a Business Support leaflet. More information on business support can be found here.
Personal finance, benefits and tax
- Debt: CAB; National Debtline; Connexions; council debt advice team; local VCS advice centres
- Credit and banking: CAB; Consumer Direct; Independent Banking Advisory Service
- Reducing costs: CAB; Energy Saving Trust; Warm Front Scheme; Home Heat Helpline; Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; Money Saving Expert
- Tax / Tax credit: Tax Offices; HM Revenue & Customs, Community Legal Advice, Direct.gov.uk
- Benefits: council benefits office, Jobcentre Plus, CAB
Care, health and wellbeing
- Mental health: Samaritans; Stress Management Society; Age Concern; MIND; local therapy projects (e.g. art therapy); NHS Direct
- Drugs and alcohol: council drugs and alcohol service; Alcoholics Anonymous; Drinksense
- Domestic violence: women’s refuges; local women’s outreach projects
- Healthy living: local leisure centres and sports clubs; Change 4 Life; 5aday campaign; Love Food Hate Waste campaign; local allotments / grow your own campaigns; NHS exercise referrals service
- Families and relationship support: Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission; local parents’ support groups; local counselling and therapy services
Employment and skills
- Employment, careers, unemployment and job seeking: ACAS Helpline; CAB; CAB Online Advice Guide; Local VCS advice centres; Connexions; Jobcentre Plus; Community Legal Advice
- Training and development: ACAS Helpline; local further and higher education colleges; local community and adult learning centres; Jobcentre Plus; The Prince’s Trust; Train to Gain
- Childcare and advice: local nurseries, playgroups and pre-schools
Housing
- Homelessness and temporary accommodation: council housing needs and housing options teams; CAB Online Advice Guide; CAB; Community Legal Advice; Connexions; homeless hostels; local housing associations; Shelter; local YMCA; local refuges
- Housing advice and support: Local VCS advice centres; CAB; council housing advice services
- Housing providers: local housing associations; sheltered and temporary housing providers (e.g. YMCA)
- Housing benefits: Council Benefits Office, Jobcentre Plus, CAB
Business support
- Business advice and guidance: Business Debtline; Business Link; local chamber of commerce; Regional Development Agency; local enterprise agency; local business network; local sector-specific advice services; UK Trade & Investment
- Reducing running costs: Carbon Trust; Energy Saving Trust; Envirowise; National Industrial Symbiosis Programme; Netregs
- Recruitment and redundancy: ACAS Helpline; CAB Online Advice Guide; Community Legal Advice; Jobcentre Plus
- Business finance: Business Debtline; Business Link; Regional Development Agency
- Skills and training: Business Link; local chambers of commerce; Regional Development Agency; Train to Gain; The Prince’s Trust
- Business awards and grants: Business Link, Regional Development Agency