Press Releases and Comments

2022

• Turn2us responds to Prime Minister's energy announcement 
• Turn2us responds to energy cap announcement
• UK families face stark choices just to put food on the table
• Over 66s encouraged to access unclaimed pension credit to boost income
• UK poverty charity helps Ukrainian refugees access vital benefits support
• Turn2us responds to the Chancellor's cost of living support package
• Turn2us responds to 9% inflation rise
• Turn2us responds to the Trussell Trust's latest food bank figures
• Cost of living crisis: Crowdfunder launches new appeal with poverty charity to help people most in need
• Turn2us strengthens leadership with the appointment of a new Chair of Trustees
• National poverty charity Turn2us responds to the Spring Statement
• Impact of cost of living crisis laid bare as Brits struggle to pay bills
• Turn2us responds to the energy price cap increase
• Turn2us responds to the recent government sanctions announcement
   

2021

• Universal Credit loan payment misinformation will leave families in debt, charity warns
• Unforeseen life events plunge over 15 million Brits into financial insecurity
• Lived experts lead on developing a new way of tackling poverty
• Poverty charity Turn2us's response to the Budget
• Turn2us rebrands to reach more people struggling financially 
• One in two will be unable to pay bills when Universal Credit is cut
• Parliamentarians hear from charities and claimants about the impact of the £20 Universal Credit cut
• One in seven will struggle to pay bills when government support schemes end
• UK social mobility hampered by Covid-19
• £20 cut to benefits to impact families' ability to put food on the table
• Turn2us welcomes extension of Local Support Grants
• Child poverty continues to rise across UK
• National charity welcomes extension of Local Support Grants
• Turn2us responds to Sewell Report
• National poverty charity responds to HBAI statistics
• One in four people will not recover financially from the pandemic for at least 12 months
• Turn2us responds to Budget 2021
• New Universal Credit statistics highlight need to make uplift permanent 
• Prime Minister challenged on child poverty comment
• Less than one in five think government is doing enough to tackle child poverty
• Coalition of MPs urge government to review local welfare provision
• Poverty charity responds to Opposition Day Debate on £20 uplift to Universal Credit
• Turn2us bolsters trustee board

2020

• No gifts from Santa for one in five children this Christmas
• Turn2us responds to Comprehensive Spending Review
• Pandemic plunges 18 million Brits into debt
• Low income consumers pay a poverty premium equivalent to three months' worth of food
• Poverty charity reveals new purpose amid coronavirus response
• Poverty charity calls for changes to reduce benefits stigma
• One in four children under 16 in poverty
• Benefit claimants at risk of going hungry if uplift removed, charity warns
• Number of parents seeking charity help triples
• Cross-party coalition of MPs call for reforms to Universal Credit in wake of Covid pandemic
• Over half a million pensioners missing out on free TV license
• Two-thirds of disabled workers affected by coronavirus
• Turn2us responds to latest unemployment statistics
• People with lived experience of not having enough money urge for more involvement in shaping government policy
• BAME workers take biggest financial hit from coronavirus pandemic
• Turn2us comments on latest unemployment statistics
• Coronavirus pandemic causes drop in income for UK households
• Turn2us responds to latest unemployment figures
• Coronavirus pandemic widens the gender pay gap
• Insights on Universal Credit claimants, workers and income
• Coronavirus pandemic leaves children facing financial crisis
• Poverty charity launches emergency coronavirus grant fund
• Coronavirus: National charity warns urgent action is needed to support self-employed
• Turn2us launches crisis appeal in response to coronavirus devastation
• Coronavirus: Poverty charity highlights plight of self-employed people
• Poverty charity responds to Coronavirus with updated Benefits Calculator
• Turn2us responds to Budget 2020
• Surge in public sector employees seeking charity help
• Millions across the UK are #LivingWithout household essentials

2019

• £10 Christmas bonus won't go far, warns national charity
• Anti-poverty charity app wins Guardian award
• Carers are missing out on £1.5 billion of benefits
• 3.4 million Pensioners are missing out on Attendance Allowance
• Turn2us comments on Queen's speech
• At least £2.1bn of benefits unclaimed by Londoners
• Up to 1 in 4 pensioners are missing out on their pension credits
• Support available for families of children returning to school
• Financial support available for students considering university but worried about costs
• Universal Credit APPG responds to childcare announcement
• Universal Credit APPG launches report
• Turn2us responds to Buttle UK's 'Chances for Children' research
• New app launched by Turn2us helps people claim benefits
• Turn2us comments on BBC scrapping free TV licences for over-75s
• The Rewiring Routines Campaign
• Turn2us comments on UN poverty report
• Number of disabled people in poverty leap
• Elizabeth Finn Homes voted a Top Twenty Care Home Group
• Turn2us responds to the Spring Statement
• Turn2us completes project working with local charities but warns hundreds of thousands are still in poverty
• Turrn2us responds to statistics on poverty in the private rented sector
• Over one in five affected by the Two-child limit now struggle with basic living costs

2018

• One in 20 households are living without a cooker this Christmas
• Almost £1.3bn of Carer's Allowance unclaimed
• Turn2us responds to unclaimed benefits statistics
• Turn2us announces new CEO
• Turn2us comments on Budget 2018
• Turn2us responds to Public Sector Pay Announcements
• Turn2us responds to Two Child Limit statistics
• Turn2us comments on DWP announcement about ongoing PIP awards
• Digital bank Monzo getting muddy to fight poverty
• Bangor man set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Simon Hopkins to leave national poverty charity Turn2us
• Charity warning about rise in young carers
• Average household spending masks high numbers who are struggling to make ends meet
• Poverty leading people to live with failing household appliances
• Margate man stages charity event in memory of his wife
• High numbers using credit to buy basic household appliances

2017

December 2017

• Campaign to stop ‘no cooker Christmas’ 
• Poverty leaving many struggling without home appliances
• Stoke’s Julia raises hundreds of pounds for poverty charity

November 2017

• Stoke woman puts her boots on the ground for poverty charity
• Charity warns that interest rate rise is last straw for many financially vulnerable homeowners
• Poverty charity says reducing wait for Universal Credit will have a significant impact 
• Warning of high levels of winter deaths
• Families under pressure need a lot of help

October 2017

• Link between poverty and mental health highlighted for World Mental Health Day
• National poverty charity Turn2us announces its new Chair
• Many seeking charity’s help are struggling to feed themselves

September 2017

• Winter Fuel Payment warning for older people

August 2017

• Charity research highlights concerning levels of money worries among working households
• Charity seeks support to help those in financial hardship in Dorset
• Comment from Turn2us on rise in the numbers of people affected by the benefit cap

July 2017

• Comment from Turn2us on publication of workless household figures

June 2017

• Charity raising concerns about rise in young carers
• Women more likely to be carers than men
• Charity calls for more support for carers

May 2017

• Charity highlights high numbers of people in employment receiving housing benefit
• Charity research highlights concerning levels of in-work poverty 
• Charity warning that many in employment are missing out on welfare benefits
• Teachers, nurses and social workers most likely to apply for support 

April 2017

• Work-related requirements for Universal Credit claimants awaiting Work Capability Assessment leave them vulnerable to sanctions
• Concern about rise in Employment and Support Allowance sanctions
• South Wales man set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Charity warns that abolition of Work-Related Activity Component of ESA will be barrier to employment
• Finchley man set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Glasgow man set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Hertfordshire man set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Lancashire woman set to run London Marathon in support of poverty charity
• Charity warning about impact of DLA claimants failing PIP assessment
• Charity warns that abolition of Work-Related Activity Component of Employment and Support Allowance will be barrier to employment
• Concern about rise in Employment and Support Allowance sanctions
• Turn2us launches new fund to help people deal with financial hardship caused by life-changing events

March 2017

• Jamie Grier appointed Director of Development at Turn2us
• Charity warns about impact of loss of housing support for those aged 18 to 21
• Response from poverty charity Turn2us to Spring Budget
• Poverty charity alarmed that many private renters are unaware that they can claim Universal Credit
• Local grant-giving Trust launches new funding programme, asking: What can you do to help your community thrive?
• Poverty charity raises concerns about struggling homeowners’ long wait for help

January 2017

• Charity sees high number of welfare benefit calculations taking place over holiday period
• Charity warning about impact of fuel poverty on health

2016

December 2016

• Dramatic rise in people trying to work out what their welfare entitlements are
• Energy providers admit more action needed to support vulnerable customers
• Struggling with the cost of heating their homes, research finds that people are living in cold homes this Winter

November 2016

• Pensioner donates Winter Fuel Payment for Giving Tuesday
• Welfare Cap to leave sour taste in ‘JAM’ budget
• Official figures reveal shocking levels of winter deaths
• Who are the JAMs and how might the Autumn Statement help them?
• 119 year old charity launches website in Ireland

September 2016

• 40% of parents are worried about back to school costs

August 2016

• Emerging playwright who won award for welfare cuts play gives support to Turn2us

26 July 2016

• Turn2us comments on new Trussell Trust report 

18 July 2016

• Start of school summer holidays brings financial worry for parents

14 July 2016

• Cancer survivor cycles 250 miles in under 24 hours, raising over £1,500 for Turn2us

5 July 2016

• Glasgow Central MP visits Turn2us

15 June 2016

• Three-quarters of benefit claimants worried about future welfare changes
• Letter to Editor about low income workers from Turn2us Director of Operations, Alison Taylor

16 May 2016

• A third of MPs claimed unemployment benefits 

11 May 2016

• Half of low income households at risk of missing out on vital welfare support

29 March 2016

• Charity urges people in hardship to find support as latest welfare changes begin

08 January 2016

• Turn2us partners with the water watchdog CCWater to provide a Benefits Calculator and Grants Search to help those struggling with water bills

2015

01 December 2015

• Over half of low income working households in Scotland struggling with energy costs

23 November 2015

• Nearly two-thirds of social tenants in low income work struggling with energy costs
• Third of over 55s in work struggling to afford to heat their homes
• Two-thirds of low income working families struggling with energy costs
• Two-thirds of low income workers with disabilities struggling with energy costs

18 November 2015

• Half of  low income households struggling with energy costs

9 July 2015

• Tax credit cuts likely to push more in to financial hardship, Turn2us warns

15 April 2015

• Eight out of ten low income households seeing no sign of improving finances – research reveals

2014

14 January 2014

• Three quarters of low income families say children’s health hit by cold homes

15 December 2014

• Research uncovers new insights in to role of grant-giving charity sector

19 November 2014

• New research reveals lack of awareness of charitable grants and effects on those in financial hardship

20 October 2014

• Training launched in West Wales to help more people in financial need

16 July 2014

• Turn2us letter to the editor in response to the Department for Work and Pensions' report on the impact of the spare room subsidy

4 July 2014

• Turn2us Benefits Calculator is highly commended at Nominet Internet Awards

2 July 2014

• Turn2us launches scheme across Yorkshire and the North West to  help with energy bills

5 June 2014

• Turn2us' response to the Queen's Speech June 2014

16 April 2014

• Deteriorating Financial Situation for Low Income Working Households

20 March 2014

• 2014 Spring Budget - Turn2us response