A hardship fund to help 2,405 households struggling to pay their home heating bills in the dcsdcouncil area received more than 5,500 applications
All applicants to the programme will be advised this week of their eligibility status, the council have confirmed."People out there are clearly scared about how they are going to afford to stay warm in their homes this winter," Ms Quinn said.
Ms Quinn said her organisation has received calls from people desperate for support and said she was worried the roll out of the scheme is too slow. "I know council are doing everything they can, but we have people who are desperate right now," she said. A council spokesperson said it was working with its partners to progress with the referrals and payment process as soon as possible.The council said the first tranche of 780 referrals were submitted to its fuel payment partner last week and the second tranche of 790 referrals were submitted on Tuesday.
It said it was preparing the third tranche of eligible referrals, which it said wasexpected to be about 500 referrals.
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