Citizens Advice North Somerset

My client is struggling with health issues that prevent him from being able to work. Despite this, he has been turned down for disability benefits many times! He has been struggling to get by on Universal Credit alone and has amassed a few debts. My client is rationing his food and energy, to the point that he will not eat for a week at a time and doesn't even watch television anymore to save power. We are assisting with his debt and a new Personal Independence Payment claim, but it takes months. Please can you help with a voucher for food, toiletries and clothing please?

My client is an older gentleman who is struggling to get by on his low, benefit only income. To add to this, he has had to save for some very expensive dental treatment which wasn't available on the NHS, and this has left him with even less money. My client is such a lovely kind man, who grows vegetables and gives away the surplus to the local Foodbank and neighbours, but he could do with some help himself. Please could you possibly help him with a voucher so he can buy in some food and warm clothing?

J is between jobs, having been signed off from his current job, due to stress, anxiety and depression. He is looking for new work, but is not having much success. He is also homeless and currently living in a van on a friend's premises. J has no income and is waiting for benefits to start, but there is a four week wait! In the meantime he has no money for food or fuel for his camping stove, and it is getting very cold. Please could you help him with a voucher he can use for food and some warm clothing?