If you’re on a low income, a Cold Weather Payment may be available to help you for each week of very cold weather in your area.

This year you will get £25 when the average temperature where you live is recorded as, or forecast to be, zero degrees Celsius or below over seven consecutive days during the period from 1 November to 31 March.

In SE5 there has currently been 1 week of weather has been recorded at less that zero degrees.

More information can be found at:

http://www.direct.gov.uk/coldweatherpayment