Opportunity | Details

Organisation: Bristol Water

Type: Discounts & Retail

Sector: Energy/ Water/ Sustainability

Region(s): South West

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A 90% reduction in water bills for eligible care leavers

Summary: Bristol Water offer care leavers a 90% reduction on their water bill up to the age of 21.

Further Details:

We supply water to 500,000 homes and businesses across Bristol City, North Somerset and areas of Bath, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire. That’s about 1.2m people who have access to our water every day.

To support care leavers aged up to 21 we will offer a 90% reduction on their water bill. To be eligible for this support you must meet the following criteria:

Have your water bill provided by Bristol Water.
Be a care leaver as defined by the Care Leaver Act, if you are not sure this guide can help – https://coramvoice.org.uk/myrights/my-rights-when-I- am-leaving-care/am-i-a-care-leaver/
Be under 21 years old
Live independently
Be the sole water bill payer for your property

To access this discount scheme, you must complete a consent to share form that authorises the local authority who support you to send confirmation of your care leaver status to Bristol Water.

Next Steps

To apply for this discount care leaver customers need to contact their Leaving Care Team/Personal Advisor to complete a consent form confirming status as a care leaver.

Care Leaving Teams in the areas we serve include Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, Devon, Wiltshire, Swindon, North Somerset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Dorset and Plymouth have agreed different approaches with us and this can be found in the Regional Offers section of our app – https://www.gcsw.co.uk/#/cms pages/cms page 12097

If you’re a care leaver who is supported by a team outside of our area please ask your PA or member of the Leaving Care Team to contact us so we can support the team to join and get you your discount.