Utilities: Financial Help
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Assistance to Pay Utility Bills
The following links are to Charitable Trusts set up by various Gas, Electric and Water companies which offer grants to pay utility bills where there is genuine financial hardship. In some instances, you may need to be a customer of the utility company to ask for assistance.
United Utilities Trust Fund.
Here you can apply for a grant (not repayable) in order to clear your utilities debts. There is an application form, and you need to send the bills to them, but they are willing to help people get back on track. So if you have an unpaid utilities bill including water / gas / elec and repaying them is causing you hardship then apply for help.
Welcome to the United Utilities Trust Fund Site
Anglian Water Trust Fund
An independent Charitable Trust offering financial assistance to those in hardship in the Anglian and Hartlepool Water Regions.
Anglian Water Trust Fund website
British Gas Energy Trust
An independent Charitable Trust established in September 2004 which aims to contribute to the fight against poverty. (To apply the applicant must be a customer of British Gas or Scottish Gas)
British Gas Energy Trust website
EDF Energy Trust
An independent Charitable Trust offering financial assistance to those in hardship to pay their energy bills. (To apply the applicant must be a customer of London Energy, SWEB Energy, SEEBOARD Energy or Virgin HomeEnergy.)
Eos Foundation
An independent Charitable Trust offering financial assistance to those in hardship to pay their water and sewerage bills (to be eligible applicants must be a customer of one of the donor companies.)
Severn Trent Trust Fund
An independent Charitable Trust offering financial assistance to those in hardship to pay their water and sewerage bills.
Severn Trent Trust Fund website
Joblinks
An online searchable database of charities and benevolent funds able to help people in need
