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Could you be entitled to Pension Credit?

West Berkshire

24

November 2022

With cost of living pressures affecting people across West Berkshire – and, in particular older members of the community – Laura Farris MP has launched a campaign to increase awareness of Pension Credit, an under-used mechanism that can provide vital support to those that most need it.

For any pensioner who is eligible, Pension Credit provides an average of £3,300 extra per year and is very easy to apply for. However, over a quarter of pensioners who are eligible for this support are completely unaware of it and do not receive it.

Laura has spoken to West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau (among others) and it has also become clear that uptake is a real problem locally.

Pensioners are one of the groups who suffer most from rising inflation and Laura is determined that they should get as much support as possible. With the help of community groups, shops and businesses across West Berkshire, I hope I can achieve this.

Food Waste Recycling Info

West Berkshire

07

October 2022

New Separate Weekly Food Waste Collection Service

The new separate weekly food waste collection service is rolling out to all households across the district. For households with individual bins (kerbside collection), collections will start the week commencing 31 October 2022. For residents who have shared bins collected from a bin store the service starts week commencing 28 November 2022.

The collection will be weekly on the same day as recycling and rubbish collections making it the most frequently collected bin.

We have already begun delivering the containers to residents, comprising of an inside (grey) and outside (green) food waste caddy along with a roll of compostable liners and an instruction leaflet. Deliveries for properties who receive a kerbside collection are continuing until 28 October 2022, while properties who have shared bins will receive their containers by the 25 November 2022. Please note properties who share bins will not receive an outside (green) caddy, but will receive a purple bin to share with neighbours.

Please feel free to view our YouTube video on how to use the new service, we also attach the instruction leaflet which residents will receive with their caddies.

We would encourage all residents to use this service as recent analysis has shown that black bins for general waste are on average made up of 25%+ of food waste.

For more information and frequently asked questions about the service please visit: www.westberks.gov.uk/foodwaste