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Help in a short-term crisis

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Help in a short-term crisis
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Help with fuel
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Making a claim for short-term help

Who can get short-term help

To be eligible, you must:

Be resident in Birmingham
Be aged 16 or over
Not be a person subject to immigration control or have no recourse to public funds
Be without sufficient resources to meet your/your family's immediate short-term needs.

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