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Achievements
Helping residents is at the core of everything we do within the
Money Matters Team.
Take a look at how we’ve helped residents:
£5.3m
extra benefits
for residents
between 2012/15
£21
Helped
3,000
Extra
on average
per family
each week
families
since
Sept 2012
5000+
budgeting
sessions
700+
digital inclusion
sessions
Helped over
600
claim a
Discretionary
Housing
Payment (DHP)
Helped
customers claim
Over
2000
£150,000
repayment plans
this year
in grants from
utility companies
this year
500+
forms like Housing Benefit(HB) and
Personal Independence Payment (PIP)
Worked jointly
with StepChange
to help over
200
residents with
complex debt
advice
Money Matters Statement 2016-2019
Attended
100+
events