Sat.Aug 20, 2022

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Libraries and museums to be ‘warm havens’ for people struggling with energy bills

The Guardian

Ministers asked for funding to cope with a rise in the number of visitors seeking shelter this winter Britain’s libraries and museums are preparing to act as warm havens for people unable to afford to heat their homes in the winter months. Ministers are being called on to provide urgent new funding so public buildings can cope with a surge in visitors during the coldest months.

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We started Mapping the Support Services in Ukraine

International Federation of Social Workers

As our Community Social Work Centre team has formed, it has become clear that since the start of the invasion there is a very limited understanding of the current state of social and community support services within the district of Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. To fill this gap, the local social workers’ team, in cooperation with IFSW, […].

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‘We are being abandoned’: when the energy bill goes up by £100,000 a day

The Guardian

If domestic bills are climbing, so too are those of schools, sheltered housing and museums. We speak to the people grappling with the soaring costs of keeping vital services running this winter The faint worry lines under Oona Goldsworthy’s eyes tell their own story. It has been a gruelling few weeks at the helm of Brunelcare, a charity that provides sheltered housing to 1,400 people and runs seven care homes in Bristol and Somerset.

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