Somerset charity raises £1.25m for people in fuel poverty

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The number of old people in fuel poverty has doubled since 2022, Somerset Community Foundation says.

A charity has raised £1.25m for people who live in fuel poverty through people donating their Winter Fuel Payment.

The Somerset Community Foundation was launched by Peter Wyman in 2010, when he realised he did not need government money to pay for his fuel.He added: "One elderly woman told us before she received our help, she could only have a shower once a fortnight.'Gravely concerned'

 

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