Cold weather payments help QSA
Several Quakers have donated their winter fuel allowances to QSA
Some Friends have begun to give their winter fuel allowance to Quaker Social Action (QSA).
Five Friends have donated their allowance. The donations were spontaneous, rather than prompted by QSA campaigning.
The donors were all people who already support QSA in different ways, QSA told the Friend.
Fundraising and communications manager Sarah Hind said: ‘We’ll spend the money in the same way we spend most donations from Quakers – towards our work helping people living on low incomes make tangible differences to their own, their families and their communities’ lives.’
Sarah added: ‘We work with many people who struggle to keep warm in the winter. We ask those who take part in our financial education workshops to tell us at the beginning what they are worrying about. The top four concerns are paying energy bills (thirty-nine per cent), paying rent/mortgage (twenty-three per cent), buying day-to-day items such as food (thirty-three per cent) and buying things for their children (thirty-six per cent).’
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