Bath & North East Somerset Council - Recession Advice

Recession Advice

Recession Advice

Bath & North East Somerset Council is working hard to support individuals, families, businesses and communities through the recession.

This site aims to provide help and advice which can really help people weather the financial crisis.

Benefits - are you getting what you're entitled to?

Make sure you are getting all the benefits, exemptions, credits and other financial help you are entitled to from your Council and elsewhere:

  • Council Tax benefit, rebates and exemptions
  • Housing Benefit
  • Benefits calculator
  • Benefits surgeries
  • Business rate relief
  • ...and more
Keeping your home

Struggling to keep up rent or mortgage payments; facing eviction or repossession? This guide explains what to do and who you can turn to for help.

  • Contacting your lender or landlord
  • Getting advice on managing payments
  • What to do if you are facing eviction
  • Mortgage Rescue Scheme
  • Social housing providers
Money advice

If you have money worries, take action quickly. Find out where to get help with budgeting, managing debt, cutting your everyday costs and avoiding getting ripped off.

  • Credit tips
  • Debt counselling
  • Ways to save money
  • Make sure you don't get ripped off
  • Where to get help
  • ...and more

 

Saving energy, saving money

Find out who to talk to if you're struggling to pay your fuel bills; how to get help to make your home cheaper to run; how to claim winter fuel payments; and who to talk to for more expert help.

  • Cutting your fuel bills
  • Make your home more energy efficient
  • Grants and discounts for loft and cavity wall insulation
  • Winter fuel allowances
  • ...and more

 

Help if you're out of work

There is a lot of support available if you’ve lost your job or are facing redundancy.

  • Face to face advice
  • Training
  • Counselling
  • ...and more

 

Looking after your business

The Council is providing practical support to local businesses during this recession. It is also doing everything it can to strengthen the local economy.

  • Practical help available for businesses
  • Business rate relief
  • Bidding for Council contracts
  • Help for commercial Council tenants
  • Supporting the local economy
Travel and leisure

Could you cut costs by changing the way you get around? Also discover how you could save money on your leisure activities.

  • Bus passes
  • Dial-a-ride and other community transport schemes
  • Car sharing
  • Walking and cycling
  • Books, DVDs, games, web access and more at your library
  • Save money on local attractions
  • ...and more
Helping you to feel safer

Many people are worried that the recession will lead to an increase in crime levels. Bath and North East Somerset is traditionally a safe place to live, work and visit. We are working hard to keep it that way.

  • Partners and Communities Together
  • CCTV
  • Business crime reduction partnerships
  • New Anti-Social Behaviour Team
  • Grants to make your neighbourhood feel safer
  • Taxi Marshals
  • ...and more
Keeping healthy and active

Don't let the recession affect your health. Find out how to get help with health-care costs and ways to keep fit and healthy on a budget.

  • Help with health-care costs
  • Leisure centre discounts
  • ...and more
Support for families with children

Make sure you are getting all the benefits, grants and other financial help that is available to families with children.

  • Get our benefits advice leaflet
  • Free school transport
  • Nursery grants
  • Free school meals
  • ...and more
Contact Details for this page:
Team:
Communications & Marketing
Address:
The Guildhall, High Street, Bath, BA1 5AW
Phone:
01225 477283
Fax:
01225 477499
Minicom:
n/a
Author:
Communications and Marketing
 
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