A leading charity has backed North East groups helping cancer patients with benefit problems to the tune of £1.5m as it seeks to help some of the most vulnerable people cope with the cost-of-living crisis.
Macmillan Cancer Support has announced the funding will go to groups like the Citizens Advice Bureau and Newcastle City Council's welfare rights team. The extra funding builds on the charity's pledge to help those living with cancer during the deepening cost of living crisis.
Over 2021, 1,600 people affected by cancer across the North East were able to access this kind of support - and able to claim more than £5.5m more in benefits support during the most difficult times imaginable. The extended funding will go to organisations like Citizens Advice Bureau in Northumberland and in Darlington, the West View Advice and Resource Centre in Hartlepool, along with Newcastle City Council's specialist benefits support team.
