Support to make the most of your money and find help if you need it.
Brentwood information
- Council tax and benefits advice
- Debt and money advice
- Information and advice for council tenants
- Keeping warm
- Disabled Facilities Grant
- Support for pensioners
Budget planning
- Money Helper
- National Debt line
- StepChange - debt advice and coping with the cost of living
Help with utility costs
- Anglian Water
- British Gas
- Citizens Advice South Essex - free, confidential and impartial advice and campaigns on big issues affecting people's lives
- EDF Energy
- The Energy Bill Support Scheme (EBSS) - for households who didn't automatically receive the £400 discount on their energy bills. Online application portal or apply by phone by calling 0808 175 3287.
- Energy Saving Trust - an independent organisation working to address the climate emergency and provide information and advice on energy efficiency and clean energy solutions
- Money Saving Boiler Challenge
- Money Supermarket
- ofgem - learn about smart meters
- USwitch - consider switching suppliers
Help with broadband bills
- Money Saving Expert - guide to discounted 'social tariffs' for those on certain benefits
- Superfast Essex - help to lower your broadband costs if you are a low-income family
- Digital Essex - help with your broadband bills
Useful tips
Other useful information
- Christians Against Poverty - provide support to individuals and families to get out of poverty
- Essex Adoption and Fostering support
- Essex County Council: support for carers
- Essex County Council: Household support funding
- Essex Highways - travelling around on two feet for free
- Essex Highways - money saving tips for travelling on public transport
- Essex Highways - money saving tips for travelling on two wheels
- Essex Police - report fraud - find out more about fraud, its many types and how you can report it
- Essex Wellbeing Service - Healthy eating on a budget
- Gov.uk: cost of living
- Gov.uk: find free education and childcare
- Gov.uk: Help for Households campaign
- MoneySavingExpert - get help with the costs of living
- RSPCA - support and advice for looking after your pets
- Which - cost of living crisis: help and advice