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• Get help with costs if you have a child or you’re pregnant

  Check what help you can get with the cost of living. This might include extra benefits and grants, free childcare, help with school costs and the Healthy Start scheme

• Reducing your regular outgoings

  Find out how to save on household, energy and water bills, your TV licence and travel costs

• What you can do with your pension pot

  What options you have for accessing the money in you personal or workplace pension pot

• Using a food bank

  How to get emergency food from a food bank. You can get a referral or look for a food bank that you don't need a referral for, such as ones ran by a church

• Credit Union loans

  Information about credit unions, how credit union loans work and how to find a local provider

• Buildings insurance

  What buildings insurance usually covers, how to choose a policy and how to make a claim

• How to claim Child Benefit

  Check how to claim Child Benefit and what documents you’ll need. Find out how and when you’ll get paid

• Challenging a PIP decision - mandatory reconsideration

  How to challenge a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) decision with DWP and applying for mandatory reconsideration

• Income Support - how much you can get

  Find out how much Income Support you could get, including additional payments for housing costs

• Buying a more energy efficient appliance

  Work out if you’ll save money by buying a more energy efficient appliance and check how to read an appliance’s energy label