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What is the Cost of Living Crisis?

It is a difficult time for everybody right now. The rising cost of everything, from groceries to utilities, has been making, and continues to make it difficult to make ends meet.

This has been referred to as a ‘Cost of Living Crisis’. While the peak of the cost of living crisis has passed, many people are still facing difficulty as overall prices remain significantly higher than before the crisis began.

This does not mean that you have to be ‘in crisis’ to admit you’re struggling, and it affects all of us, not just the lowest earners.

Take a look at the support we’ve pulled together, there might be something here that helps you get through it – and keep checking back, we add new content regularly.

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Find a Warm Space

Across Bradford District there are Warm Spaces – venues where people can gather for free in a safe, friendly place and maybe enjoy a drink and some company,

The network of Warm Spaces is made up of libraries, community centres, church halls, sports clubs and other places open to anyone struggling with the rise in the cost of living. Warm Spaces are totally free to use and are open to everyone.

Find out more about Warm Spaces

News & Events

  • Child Benefit is going up in April 2026.

    If you’re one of the millions of families claiming Child Benefit, you’ve got a little more money heading your way from 6 April. And if you haven’t claimed yet? Read on, because you could be missing out on hundreds of pounds. How much will you get? From 6 April, Child Benefit pays £27.05 a week…

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  • Tax-Free Childcare

    Save on Easter childcare expenses in Yorkshire and The Humber with Tax-Free Childcare Working families encouraged to cut the cost of Easter childcare by signing up to Tax-Free Childcare. Latest figures show 46,185 families in Yorkshire and The Humber saved on their childcare bills in December 2025 More than £46 million in government cash helped…

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