Our case today was for a man, sadly now widowed and lives alone. He has severe diabetes which has affected his eyesight causing cataracts to form in both eyes, and he has issues with his mobility. He is currently in receipt of Universal Credit and has been advised to apply for Personal Independence Payments, which they have done, but it will take several weeks before he is even assessed as suitable to claim. In the meantime he does not have any food, not does he have any spare money to put on to the meters so that he might have access to hot water. Our contact would normally offer him a food voucher to take to a food bank, but many of the tinned foods that he would be provided with would not be suitable for him to eat. We agreed to send him £80 so that he could resolve both these issues.