The choice between eating or heating that no one should have to make.
Surviving Winter is raising money to help the elderly, isolated or disadvantaged this winter who are having to choose between eating or heating. An estimated 9,000 people died last winter in England and Wales as a result of living in a cold home and in Berkshire there are an estimated 28,000 households that are fuel poor.
Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) are asking local people who do not need their winter fuel allowance to donate it. Even if you don’t receive a winter fuel payment, you can still make a donation of any size. It is a simple, compassionate, generous gift that really does transform people’s lives, enabling them to stay warm and healthy over Christmas and throughout winter.
Donations will be used to fund projects in Berkshire to support adults and children most in need of help, making sure they can afford to stay warm, eat well, and stay healthy throughout the winter. Last year one of BCF's grants helped fund a CCB project supporting 141 families with young children in fuel poverty and levered in £6,300 of income to low income families that they would not have otherwise received.
Donate today
You can visit BCF's dedicated online giving page to make a simple, easy and safe donation. You can also create your own fundraising page here to raise money Surviving Winter. Or you can donate by posting a cheque (please make cheques payable to “Berkshire Community Foundation” but mark that your donation is for Surviving Winter) to: Berkshire Community Foundation, 100 Longwater Avenue, Green Park, Reading, RG2 6GP. If you are a UK Taxpayer, please also use this gift aid form to add 25% to your donation. Thank you!
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