{"id":8713,"date":"2020-03-25T09:44:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T09:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2020-03-25T15:34:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T15:34:43","slug":"information-from-community-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/?p=8713","title":{"rendered":"Information from Community Solutions."},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>Food banks<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The food banks are open.\u00a0 Details below.<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Food banks are looking to implement a new e-referral and e-voucher process.\u00a0 Details to be confirmed \u2013 will support remote access to support<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">You can contact HAM Hub for support regarding accessing food vouchers, food parcels and refer families for support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h6 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Dagenham Food Bank<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Telephone: 020 8595 0122<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h6 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Barking Food Bank<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN\">Telephone: 0208 617 0660<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h6 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Homes and Money Hub<\/strong><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><u>Community food clubs<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Food clubs at William Bellamy and BLC are open (at the moment).\u00a0 Food supplies are variable as we seek to assist FareShare with this<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>BD-CAN: Community Gold<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>To access a network of trusted VCS partners and organisations across all parts of the borough that can help with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Picking up medicines, some food shopping, a phone call, or something else<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Telephone: 020 8215 3000<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:bdcan@lbbd.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">bdcan@lbbd.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">This support is primarily aimed at families not known to services at this time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>Money, debt, benefits<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>For advice about debts, money, making payments, guidance about national interventions contact:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Homes and Money Hub<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Guidance covering a range of key areas including income and benefits is provided here \u2013 including all the latest nationally announced interventions:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/policyinpractice.co.uk\/your-income-and-coronavirus-covid-19\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">http:\/\/policyinpractice.co.uk\/your-income-and-coronavirus-covid-19\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Access to local sources of advice and support about money and debt here \u2013 families can be signposted to the organisations and tools:<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbbd.gov.uk\/help-with-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">https:\/\/www.lbbd.gov.uk\/help-with-debt<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b><u>Energy<\/u><\/b><\/h3>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b>For advice about energy payments, meters, contacting energy providers:<\/p>\n<h5 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><strong>Homes and Money Hub<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\u00a0Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927<\/li>\n<li class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\">homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key steps to note:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If you have a pre-payment meter but cannot top-up your meter due to illness or self-isolation, you can make arrangements with your utility company to ensure your supply is not interrupted. If you are in this situation you are advised to contact your supplier immediately to discuss this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Utility companies have also agreed with the Government to help customers with reduced income as a result of Covid-19 come to make arrangements to pay bills. You should contact your supplier for further information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">If you are struggling to pay your rent utility bills because your income is low, and you have less than \u00a316,000 in savings, you may also qualify for Universal Credit and Council Tax Support.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><u>ILA<\/u><\/h4>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">We are working with the ILA to explore expanding our arrangements for pre-paid top-ups by providing additional funding and re-deploying staff\/volunteers to assist with floating support capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food banks The food banks are open.\u00a0 Details below. Food banks are looking to implement a new e-referral and e-voucher process.\u00a0 Details to be confirmed \u2013 will support remote access to support You can contact HAM Hub for support regarding accessing food vouchers, food parcels and refer families for support Dagenham Food Bank Telephone: 020 8595 0122 Barking Food Bank Telephone: 0208 617 0660 Homes and Money Hub Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927 Email:\u00a0homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk &nbsp; Community food clubs Food clubs at William Bellamy and BLC are open (at the moment).\u00a0 Food supplies are variable as we seek to assist FareShare with this \u00a0 BD-CAN: Community Gold \u00a0To access a network of trusted VCS partners and organisations across all parts of the borough that can help with: Picking up medicines, some food shopping, a phone call, or something else Telephone: 020 8215 3000 Email:\u00a0bdcan@lbbd.gov.uk This support is primarily aimed at families not known to services at this time. \u00a0 Money, debt, benefits \u00a0For advice about debts, money, making payments, guidance about national interventions contact: Homes and Money Hub \u00a0Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927 Email:\u00a0homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk Guidance covering a range of key areas including income and benefits is provided here \u2013 including all the latest nationally announced interventions: http:\/\/policyinpractice.co.uk\/your-income-and-coronavirus-covid-19\/ Access to local sources of advice and support about money and debt here \u2013 families can be signposted to the organisations and tools: https:\/\/www.lbbd.gov.uk\/help-with-debt Energy \u00a0For advice about energy payments, meters, contacting energy providers: Homes and Money Hub \u00a0Telephone: 020 8724 2115 or 020 8227 2927 Email:\u00a0homesandmoneyhub@lbbd.gov.uk &nbsp; Key steps to note: If you have a pre-payment meter but cannot top-up your meter due to illness or self-isolation, you can make arrangements with your utility company to ensure your supply is not interrupted. If you are in this situation you are advised to contact your supplier immediately to discuss this. Utility companies have also agreed with the Government to help customers with reduced income as a result of Covid-19 come to make arrangements to pay bills. You should contact your supplier for further information. If you are struggling to pay your rent utility bills because your income is low, and you have less than \u00a316,000 in savings, you may also qualify for Universal Credit and Council Tax Support. ILA We are working with the ILA to explore expanding our arrangements for pre-paid top-ups by providing additional funding and re-deploying staff\/volunteers to assist with floating support capacity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-publications"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8725,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions\/8725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.greatfieldsschool.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}