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Castle and Minster Credit Union are working with the council’s Environment Unit and a number of other partners such as Metro, Yorkshire Water and Citizens Advice Bureau to promote an exciting new initiative – Save Energy and Save. The initiative will help those on low income in particular save money on their energy, water and transport bills and access low cost furniture, computers and general budgeting advice. Money saved can then be invested in the members Castle and Minster Credit Union saving account and put away for a rainy day. Reducing dependency on loans is a key purpose of the project. In particular, those offered by Pay Day loan companies and Door-step lenders, charging extortionate interest rates and leading families into a cycle of debt.Metro are offering a discount Metrocard, with a 5% discount and Castle and Minster Credit Union can provide an interest free loan to purchase quarterly or annual Metrocards. Yorkshire Water can install a free water meter to help families stay in control of how much water they use. Citizens Advice Bureau can help find the most effective tariff and provide advice on lowering energy use and understanding bills and lots more budgeting advice. Kirklees Council is offering free cavity and wall insulation and low cost high efficiency boilers through the boiler scrappage scheme and access to low cost computers. Free training is available through local libraries as part of the Getonline@home project.Local furniture recyclers such as Oxfam and Pass it On provide refurbished furniture in excellent condition such as sofas, beds and white goods (e.g. fridge freezers and washers) at exceptionally low prices. A further £50 cash back is also available to anyone joining Save Energy & Save. This means in reality access to free furniture and delivery for many homes. Castle and Minster Credit Union are providing a dedicated expert advisor who will be available to offer one to one advice about accessing these offers. We will also be encouraging those joining the scheme to open a SAVY (Savings And Value for You) saving account with us to encourage the good practice of money management, by increasing savings and reduce dependency on loans. Cllr Mehboob Khan, Leader of Kirklees Council has said “Many families are struggling during this prolonged period of recession. The Save Energy and Save initiative is an excellent example of how partnership working can help us provide the support to low income households in particular. The scheme is an excellent example of how small changes can make a big difference in reducing household bills. In addition environmental benefits will also be made through a reduction in carbon emissions by reducing energy, water and private transport use and re-using renovated goods such as settees, cookers and computers.”Andy Petrie, Castle and Minster Vice Chair to the Board of Directors has said: “Save Energy and Save will hopefully improve financial literacy and savings by encouraging local people to make big savings on household bills and invest this in a SAVY account with us. This will also increase access to controlled borrowing and reduce reliance on door-step lenders and other high interest rate lenders. I would like to encourage our existing and potentially new members to talk to us about Save Energy and Save and reap the rewards”.

PARENTS have made an emotive plea for public support to help save children’s centres from closure.

Kirklees Council released a document last year laying out proposals to reorganise the centres, making some lead centres for children more in need of council services, and associate centres which would offer a reduced service.

Although the council says the shuffle, which is currently being consulted on, will save all centres from closure, members of the Save Our Centres campaign say the associate centres will end up being forgotten about.

Coun Cath Harris, cabinet member for children’s services, told councillors at a full council meeting last week Kirklees was doing all it could to prevent the closure of any children’s centre.

She said other authorities in the country had closed several centres in order to make savings.

The Kirklees consultation team has met parents at Staincliffe and Healey Children’s Centre to explain the changes being proposed, but several parents told the team they wouldn’t support the proposals.

And at a meeting at Batley Town Hall on Tuesday Unison chief steward Graham Paisley accused the council of retaining the so-called associate centres in order to save some of the money it would have to pay back to the government if the centres were to fold.

The union has formed a coalition with the Save Our Centres campaign to defend the centres they say are at risk of being ‘mothballed’.

Members of the campaign group described how they had been given a lifeline by their local children’s centre, helping them to access different services no matter what their social background.

Grandparent Chris Head described the service as being like a Swiss army knife for his family. Now, the group says those services will only be available to parents on benefits or whose children have special needs.

Mr Paisley appealed to all members of the public to sign a petition calling for the idea to be scrapped.

The petition will be presented at the council’s budget-setting meeting next month.

The group is also planning a protest march through Huddersfield in March.

Details of the group can be found on Facebook by searching Save our Children’s Centres.

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