Riverside Money Advice offer a drop in cafe every Wednesday at Riverside House 21 Alcester Rd Moseley B13 8AR from 10.00 - 2.00 where you can receive support.

You can visit their website HERE or you can call their free phone number which is 08008 196 8778.

Step Change charity provide free, confidential and expert debt advice and money guidance. They recommend the best solution or service for your circumstances. They support you while you deal with your money worries, for as long as you need their help. Please visit HERE for more information.

It's important to make sure that you get all the help that you're entitled to. These pages give you information on benefits and tax credits if you are working or unemployed, sick or disabled, a parent, a young person, an older person or a veteran. There is also information about council tax and housing costs, national insurance, payment of benefits and problems with benefits. See HERE.

Recommended by Job Centre Plus/ DWP, the calculator can be accessed HERE.

Birmingham's Local Welfare Provision (LWP) scheme helps vulnerable people in short-term crisis with food and essential items. It is grant-based, which means people who receive help from it will not have to repay anything. It is not intended to replace the councils statutory duties. For more information, please click HERE.

Are you worried about the rising cost of energy bills, food and transport? You are not alone; the cost of living crisis is affecting many of us.

You may want help accessing grants and debt advice, support getting all the money you are entitled to, or simply want to know more about the government's recent support measures.

Whatever your money worries may be, Birmingham City Council have put together some helpful information HERE.

If you're worried about your finances, mental health, or wellbeing, help is available. Click HERE

Turn2us is a national charity providing practical help to people who are struggling financially. Click HERE.

You can get help if you’re struggling to afford your energy bills or top up your prepayment meter. You might be able to take advantage of certain benefits, grants and help offered by the government and energy suppliers. Click HERE for more details.

They can offer advice and free items such as energy efficient bulbs, blankets, hot water bottles, clothes airers and reflective strips for the radiators. Click HERE for details.

For a small weekly subscription of £4.00, members at the Yardley Wood Pantry will be able to purchase a weekly food shop including fresh fruit and vegetables and family favourites to stock up the cupboard and fridge.

You can find the pantry at:

Yardley Wood Baptist Church
Yardley Wood Road
Birmingham
B14 4LS

Opening times:
Wednesday: 10.15am - 12.45pm
Friday: 9.45am – 11.45am

We are currently able to accept applications from new members living in parts of B13, B14 & B28 postcodes.

Please visit HERE for more details

Originally established in 2014 as The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham, we intercept food and other usable materials that would otherwise go to waste from supermarkets, restaurants and other sources, and provide them to individuals and community organisations on a “Pay-As-You-Feel” basis. For more information, click HERE.

The spearhead trust addresses a number of complex social issues within the community. We engage with residents of all ages, ethnicities and from different backgrounds. The organisation has a project manager and many volunteers. We are particularly proud of our pioneering approach in regard to community engagement and addressing cohesion issues within our community.

Further information can be found at our website HERE.