As you will be aware, the government’s one-off COVID Winter Grant launched in December and is available to the end of March 2021 to help vulnerable residents who are struggling to afford food and utility bills (heating, cooking, lighting) and water for household purposes (including drinking, washing, cooking, central heating, sewerage and sanitary purposes), or other related essentials.   

More information about the COVID Winter Grant is available online at www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-winter-grant-scheme   

Warwickshire County Council distributes its COVID Winter Grant Scheme allocation via the Warwickshire Local Welfare Scheme.    

01926 359182 or 0800 408 1448   

www.warwickshire.gov.uk/localwelfarescheme   

For information about wider support from the council and other services, please go to:   

www.warwickshire.gov.uk/facinghardship    

If you need help achieving positive mental health in your own space and time, use these excellent resources created as a collaborative effort through Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapies (BCAT). They include some great tips on coping with stress and living with worry and anxiety amongst global uncertainty

SOOTHING PACK

You can also access the Birmingham Centre for Arts Therapy Breathing mps from the link below