Local support available
- Citizens Advice Fareham
- Connect to Support Hampshire
- Connect4Communities
- Home Start Hampshire
- Hitting the cold spots advisors
- Breathing Space debt respite scheme
- Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank
- Fareham Food Bank
Citizens Advice Fareham
Citizens Advice Fareham can provide support and information 
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Connect to Support Hampshire
What they can do to help:
- Provide links to organisations for support with money and debt
- Allow you to search for free or low-cost services, helplines or activities
How can they be contacted?
Connect4Communities
What they can do to help:
- Support those most in need with significantly rising living costs
- Activities and food schemes funded by the Department for Education
How can they be contacted?
Home Start Hampshire
What can they do to help:
- Provide support for families in challenging circumstances
- Provide help to access local services
How can they be contacted?
Hitting the cold spots advisors
What can they do to help:
- Home visits offering advice and practical support
- Help to access funding, where available
- Support with temporary electric heaters if you are without heating
- Eligibility check for the Warm Home Discount and local energy efficiency schemes
- Assistance to switch your energy provider or tariff to help you save money on your fuel bills
- Signposting and referrals for you to other organisations, such as benefits and debt advice, home safety visits and healthy living services
How can they be contacted?
Breathing Space Debt Respite Scheme
The Breathing Space scheme provides protections for people in problem debt by pausing enforcement action and freezing charges, interest and fees for qualifying debts. Find out more about the scheme here.
Fareham and Gosport Basics Bank
What they can do to help:
- Short term practical support to anyone in a crisis or emergency situation who cannot afford food
- A referral is required to access the service
How can they be contacted?
- Contact Citizens Advice in the first instance by calling 01329 822204.
- Find information on the website.
Fareham Food Bank
What they can do to help:
- Free food parcels for those in need, to support those in crisis
How can they be contacted?
- Contact Citizens Advice on 01329 237121 in the first instance to ensure all your support needs are met. They can refer you to the Fareham Food Bank if this will be the best help for you.
- Visit Fareham Food Bank website
- Opening hours:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 9am -12 noon.