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The government’s new rules on housing benefit start this month. Many families will have their housing benefit cut if they have too many bedrooms. Children aged under 10 must share a room and children of the same gender must share a room up to the age of 16. (The bedroom tax does not apply to  pensioner households.)

The council has estimated over 400 families will be affected by this bedroom tax in the three Lambeth wards in the neighboourhood of Norwood  (out of 3,000 affected families across the whole borough).

For advice see: http://www.lambeth.gov.uk/Services/AdviceBenefits/Benefits/BenefitsAreChanging/BigChangesHappeningToBenefits.htm

and

http://england.shelter.org.uk/get_advice/housing_benefit_and_local_housing_allowance/changes_to_local_housing_allowance/bedroom_tax_from_april_2013

Norwood Foodbank, operating from St Lukes church on Tuesdays and Fridays, is expecting a rise in referrrals as more households struggle with rising rent, fuel  and food costs. Donations of non-pershable food to the Foodbank  can be made at Floral Hall 370 Norwood Road SE27 9BQ  – and at St Lukes church, Knights Hill SE27 0HS  Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 3pm or  Sunday service 10.30am . More information at: http://norwood.foodbank.org.uk/