Cost of living
Our Cost of Living Information Assistants can help you:
- Identify possible entitlements to Welfare Benefits or grants
- Carry out a benefit check online
- Review your debts, identify debt emergencies and find regulated debt advice
- Draw up a personal budget, consider your spending and look for ways to reduce your outgoings
- Understand your utility bills, look at cost reductions (such as grants or support schemes) and direct you to information about energy saving methods
- Get emergency support such a foodbank voucher or energy vouchers
How to get support
You can find our Cost of Living Assistants in Welcoming Spaces across the city. Please see our current drop-in locations, days and times below. Please ensure you check our Facebook page for any disruptions to our regular services before leaving home.
Monday Drop-in
Knowle Methodist Church
9 Redcatch Rd, Knowle, Bristol BS4 2EP
Session time: 11 – 1pm
Tuesday Drop-in
Refugee Women of Bristol – Easton Family Centre
Beaufort Street, Easton, Bristol BS5 0SQ
Session time: 11.00 – 2.00pm
Wednesday Drop-in
Avonmouth Community Centre
257 Avonmouth Rd, Avonmouth, BS11 9EN
Session time: 12pm to 2pm
Thursday Drop-in
St. Werburghs
St Werburghs Community Centre, Horley Rd, St Werburgh’s, Bristol BS2 9TJ
Session time: 11 – 01pm
Greenway Centre, Southmead
Doncaster Rd, Bristol BS10 5PY
Session time: 12.30 – 2.30pm
Easton Community Centre
Kilburn St, Easton, Bristol BS5 6AW
Session time: 1pm – 3pm
*Easton Community Centre will be closed on 10th May 2024.
A Welcoming Space is a place where people can keep warm, socialise with others and access support related to the cost of living. You can find out more about Welcoming Spaces on Bristol City Council’s website.