Mansfield District Council has seen a 35% increase in demand for fuel support vouchers this financial year, and want to make all residents on pre-payment meters aware of the support available. The council works with the Fuel Bank Foundation to offer fuel support to those residents on pre-payment meters that are in need.
From April 2021 to March 2022, a total of 153 vouchers were issued which supported over 500 residents. These vouchers helped support those people most in danger of being disconnected from their pre-payment meters.
The vouchers available are either £49 in the winter or a summer voucher of £30. However, from April 2022 to July 2022 the council has already supplied 118 vouchers, with more being issued. David Evans, Head of Heath and Communities at the council said the continuing rise of essentials and energy bills is leaving residents most in need left out in the cold.
