Residents paint a bleak picture of what their lives are set to be like this winter.
"I will just have to spend all the day in bed under a pile of blankets, there is no way I will be able to afford to put the heating on," she says.Feed A Family campaignMiss Wright lives on Universal Credit after being forced to give up work for years ago due to health problems.
"I don't use much gas. I don't have a cooker, I make do with small appliances, I have got a microwave, a two-ring hob and a halogen oven, which is enough to get by with. I remember when my electricity used to be £2.50 a week." "I used to be a cleaner, I worked full-time for many years, I'm not a scrounger. You would like to think, even if you live on benefits, you might have a little bit left at the end of the month, but I never seem to."Over at Izzy's Cafe in New Street, Wellington, new owner Liz Chapple has noticed that many of her customers are feeling the pinch.
"A lady came in and gave me £10 to pay for breakfast for two people who might need it, so I have made up two food vouchers for anybody who is in need."
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