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You and Yours: Energy Saving Fraud, Flower Arranging, Asking for Help

Energy Saving Fraud, Super Mario is 35, Asking for Help

Energy Saving Fraud, Flower Arranging, Asking for Help

BBC Radio 4 - You and Yours, Energy Saving Fraud, Flower Arranging, Asking for Help

Why ideas from the past have become the new hip way of showing of your blooms. And a spike in energy saving frauds this year.

TSB Bank's fraud team has reported an increase in energy saving scams. The bank has seen a 40% increase year on year of these types of frauds. They say older customers are most likely to fall victim to home improvement scams, with an average loss of £7,500. A new government scheme, the Green Homes Grant is due to be launched at the end of this month, and already there have been reports of cold calls claiming to be associated with it. We'll tell you how to check if a company is genuine.
Constance Spry is the Fanny Craddock of flower-arranging. In the 1950's she was at the peak of her fame - organising displays for Royals - and urging people at home to ditch the glassware for everyday objects to show off what you've grown. Now her style has come back into fashion - so what can we learn from a 1950's tutorial Constance recorded?
The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in job and income losses for many. We report on the thousands that have been forced to ask for help with food, bills or rent for the first time. Brighton and Hove City Council has reported that 99 families contacted them for help, that have never sought support from council services in the past. The Trussell Trust, which supports 1,200 UK foodbanks, says more than half of people accessing their food banks in April had never been to one before - equivalent to nearly 100,000 people.
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Produced by Beatrice Pickup.

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