Charity fuel grants to help elderly in Kettering

Fuel grants are being paid out to elderly people in Kettering to help with heating bills this winter.

There were 258 successful applications for the fuel payments which are now being made by Kettering Town Council, totalling just over £17,500.

Successful applicants will receive a payment of £68 each with the funding coming from Kettering Charities for the Poor, which can trace its history back to the nineteenth century.

The grants were available to people living in Kettering and Barton Seagrave. People had to be over the statutory retirement age, single and have an income less than £300 per week.

Leader of Kettering Town Council and Chairman of the Trustees, Cllr Lloyd Bunday, said: "We are really pleased to be able to help so many elderly people this winter. These payments can make a real difference to people at a difficult time of year."