
Welcome to your local Stay Well this Winter homepage.
Your local Stay Well this Winter programme is a network of partners who work across the local health and social care system to mitigate the risks associated with cold weather to the health and well being of our most vulnerable groups who live in cold homes due to fuel poverty.
If you are at risk of or living in fuel poverty, there are several ways in which your local Stay Well this Winter programme can help you access the services, information and potentially even financial support to keep warm and well this winter, whilst reducing your energy bills.
The Stay Well Heating Grants application process is now open for applications. Please note, you will need to be referred by an organisation.
Support to reduce your energy bills and to heat your home is available now. If you live in:
- Cambridge City, Fenland, Huntingdonshire or East Cambridgeshire, contact PECT at energyadvice@pect.org.uk or ring 0800 8021773
- Peterborough or South Cambridgeshire, contact LEAP at support@applyforleap.org.uk or ring 0800 060 7567
Pension Credit
In Cambridgeshire, up to one in three people who are eligible for Pension Credit are not claiming it. The average household could get around £186 per month.
Pension Credit is extra money to help with living costs if you're over State Pension age and on a low income.
Some other benefits are dependent on receiving Pension Credit, such as:
- the Winter Fuel Payment
- a free TV licence if you're aged 75 or over
- help with NHS dental treatment, glasses and hospital transport costs
- other benefits depending on your circumstances.
For more information about eligibility and how to apply, including details of organisations who can help with your claim, go to Pension Credit | Cambridgeshire County Council
Household Support Fund
Support is also available through the Household Support Fund, helping people experiencing immediate financial hardship to pay for food and household energy bills. To find out more visit Household Support Fund - Cambridgeshire County Council.
The Vaccinators
It's important to get your seasonal flu and COVID-19 vaccinations if you're at higher risk of getting seriously ill from these illnesses. The vaccine helps to:
- reduce your risk of getting seriously ill or dying from COVID-19 or flu
- reduce your risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 or flu
- protect against different strains (variants) of COVID-19 or flu.
Seasonal vaccines are offered because viruses change, and protection fades over time.
To book or learn more about your seasonal vaccinations, visit The Vaccinators now.
Warm Spaces / Warm Hubs
‘Warm Spaces or Warm Hubs’ have been created as places within your local community where you can be assured of finding a safe, warm and friendly environment in which to enjoy refreshments, social activity as well as quiet spaces, information and advice and the company of other people, who may be struggling with the cost of living and unable to heat their homes.
Please click on your local District Council where a schedule of locations and opening hours, as well as information about what is on offer at your local 'Warm Space' can be found.
Managing your money in uncertain times
The pandemic and the rising cost of living have left lots of people with new money worries. Whether you’ve been caught off guard by higher bills and payments, uncertain income or the loss of a job, MoneyHelper can help you find your way forward and take the first step towards getting on top of things.
Find your way forward with MoneyHelper
MoneyHelper is a free service provided by the Money and Pensions Service. Here to cut through the jargon and complexity, explain what you need to do and how you can do it. Here to put you in control, with free, impartial help that’s quick to find, easy to use and backed by government.
Anglian Water working in partnership with Stay Well
Anglian Water is here to help you when you need it most. If you are struggling to afford your bill, Anglian Water’s specially-trained Extra Care Support Team can help find a way forward, with a personalised plan to find the cheapest tariff or a flexible payment plan made just for you.
Anglian Water also wants to help you save water and in turn save you more money. To do so, simply request your free water saving home kit to help with those bills.
Visit Anglian Water’s Extra Care Support team, call on 0800 232 1951 or download the Extra Care Support leaflet below.
Cambridge Water
Cambridge Water have flexible payment schemes and special tariffs for customers who have low incomes or are struggling to pay their water charges. If you are in difficulty paying your bill you should contact Cambridge Water Online, or by calling free on 0800 587 7707.
Anglian Water's 'Extra Care Support' Leaflet
NHS 'Help Us, Help You' Campaign
The winter months can be challenging for both you and the NHS. ‘Help Us Help you’ is an NHS Winter Pressures campaign to help you understand the actions you can take to stay healthy and manage your own health to help reduce the pressure on the NHS.
To help you understand what actions you can take to prepare for winter and to get the right help at the right time, click on the NHS campaigns below.
Useful contacts
Below are your local Stay Well this Winter partners who are here to support you through the winter months to keep you safe, warm and well with access to vital services, key information and potentially financial support.