A record £2.5m support fund to help vulnerable customers this winter is being pledged by National Grid, the electricity distribution network operator for the Midlands, South West and South Wales. The shareholder-funded initiative has been set up as an urgent response to the national cost of living crisis.
National fuel poverty charity the Fuel Bank Foundation has reported a 75 per cent increase in the number of people needing its support in the last 12 months, as the cost of living crisis worsens.[1] With many households facing financial hardship this winter, National Grid is calling on charities, councils and community groups of all sizes across its…
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