A charity which provides financial advice to people in Knowle West has issued an "emergency" funding plea amid the cost of living crisis. Filwood Hope has been offering help to people on everything from debt and benefits to housing since December 1996, but it is in need of donations in order to survive in its current form.
The charity currently has three part-time members of staff as well as 10 volunteers, but they cannot continue as they are without support. Pearl Aitken, who has worked at Filwood Hope since 2008 and managed it since 2012, told Bristol Live that the centre is in need of £10,000, and without that money they won't be able to serve people in need properly.
She said: "I don't want to beat my own drum but it is a centre that's well used by the community. Sometimes it's routine things, but quite often it's been people that are in crisis.
