Post by kbricknell on Feb 25, 2011 16:03:53 GMT 1
With Bolton CAB's guidance this gentleman was able to get back on track with his bills
"I was high in debt with an electricity bill. I was advised to join First Step Scheme where if I paid £75 for a certain period (10 months) I would be rewarded as I was still using electricity. I got £120 credit at the end of that period and the supplier reduced my monthly payment to £26.00 per month. When the Social Security took me off the sick and refused to give me any money Bolton CAB talked to them on my behalf and I was given Income Support. If I had not received this help I would have had no electricity as I had no money. I would not have been able to pay my bills and buy food as well. There was no where else I could have received this help, come offices like the DSS do not seem to measure the consequences of being homeless, hungry etc".
"I was high in debt with an electricity bill. I was advised to join First Step Scheme where if I paid £75 for a certain period (10 months) I would be rewarded as I was still using electricity. I got £120 credit at the end of that period and the supplier reduced my monthly payment to £26.00 per month. When the Social Security took me off the sick and refused to give me any money Bolton CAB talked to them on my behalf and I was given Income Support. If I had not received this help I would have had no electricity as I had no money. I would not have been able to pay my bills and buy food as well. There was no where else I could have received this help, come offices like the DSS do not seem to measure the consequences of being homeless, hungry etc".