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Wales Online
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Katie Hoggan

‘I don't put my heating on at all, I can’t afford it. I wrap myself in a quilt'

On a cold night widower Bernard Bonnici wraps himself up as warm as he can be and watches the TV. He doesn't have the heating on. It's just too expensive for him.

"I don't have the heating on at all because I can't afford it. Because I live on the seafront it gets very cold. I find it hard but you just have to get on with things. In the night, when it does get cold, I wrap myself up in a quilt and watch the telly. I just try to relax and get on with it," he said.

He is one of the people finding some help and company through a warm hub in Swansea, as the cost-of-living crisis continues to hit households in Wales this winter. The 65-year-old volunteers with the charity Action for Elders, who run weekly warm hubs in the National Waterfront Museum in partnership with Swansea Council.

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