Turn2us publish an Impact Report and launch a new Benefits Calculator
Turn2us, have released their first Impact report, which has a particular focus on the charity’s response to Covid.
The 2020 Covid-19 pandemic has had profound effects on the UK economy and caused many people to experience severe disruption to their employment and personal finances.
Since March 2020, 11.4 million people have been placed on furlough, 2.2 million more people are now claiming Universal Credit due to the pandemic and 693,000 people have been made redundant.
While certain groups have seen their income and livelihoods particularly affected – including women, single parents, younger people, and people from minoritised backgrounds – the effects of the pandemic have been felt throughout UK society.
This Impact Report tries to highlight this inequality while demonstrating the impact we’ve had on people’s lives.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch with the External Affairs team or other members of the charity’s team if you have any questions, or would like to talk about how we might work together.
Also, after two years of work with users and stakeholders from across the sector, Turn2us have launched a new Benefits Calculator in order to help millions of people every year to understand the welfare benefits they may be able to claim.
To support the launch of our new Benefits Calculator, Turn2us undertook new research which showed that:
• More than 7.1 million people are missing out on £15.1bn of benefits
• 45% of people have never checked to see if they can claim benefits
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