1. At Least 4.7 million people live in food poverty in the UK

2. 43% stated that financial concerns had an impact on their health and wellbeing

3. 67% of people are suffering from stress due to struggling with their energy bills

4. 59% of people have not checked their entitlement to energy saving initiatives

5. 20% of people have experienced ill health and pain due to cold homes

6. 31% of people struggling to pay their energy bills state they would cut back on food

7. Tenants who rent privately have been hit the hardest by changes to the benefit system

8. 40% of households with income under £25,000 have not checked their entitlement to benefits

9. Private Tenants are at a greater risk of social isolation, harassment (from the landlord) and illegal eviction

10. 1.36 million properties in the private-rented sector are officially described as being of ‘poor quality’

11. 14 areas of Rochdale are among the bottom 3% of the most deprived areas in the country

12. 22% increased demand for Rochdale food bank

13. 4500 tonnes of food given out in Rochdale 700 people accessing food banks every month

14. 43% of Job Seekers benefits stopped in Rochdale

15. Fuel poverty affects twice as many households in deprived areas of Rochdale

16. 120 excess winter deaths in Rochdale (2012)

17. The Bare Essentials Project Food, Fuel and Hope