Cost of Living
Get access to more than you realised with Live Life Essentials
You could pop along to a library to pick up a book, or stay in the comfort of your home to read an e-Book through our Digital Library, or virtually flick through the day’s newspapers and magazines.
Charge your mobile devices and access WiFi, or freshen up with a shower at one of our sports and leisure venues. Perhaps soak up some culture at one of our museums or get access to a computer through our libraries.
Live Life Essentials is only getting started. Here for you. Here for everyone.
Live Life Essentials – Live, Life Aberdeenshire (livelifeaberdeenshire.org.uk)
Scottish Government Cost of Living Support:
Your local council may be able to help if you need urgent help with things like food, heating and electricity.
Cost of living crisis – Cost of Living Support Scotland (campaign.gov.scot)
UK Government Cost of Living Support:
Help for Households – Get government cost of living support
Discounts and offers – Help for Households
Other useful support site:
Citizens Advice Scotland (cas.org.uk)
Aberdeenshire North Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis
Aberdeenshire South Foodbank | Helping Local People in Crisis
Fair Food Aberdeenshire – Aberdeenshire Community Planning Partnership (ouraberdeenshire.org.uk)
Employee Assistance Programme
Modern day life can be highly pressured with individuals facing a variety of issues such as family problems, marital or relationship difficulties, bereavement, work pressure or mental or physical health issues. In recognition of these factors, Aberdeenshire Council offers an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provided by Vivup which enables employees and managers to access confidential, independent, professional advice and counselling support when they need it.
Many people feel that a counsellor is on their side, someone who can offer different kinds of support: practical; emotional; and psychological. People go to counselling for many reasons but whatever the underlying cause is, it’s a way of ‘fighting back’ and resolving what it is that is troubling them.
To access telephone advice, support, and counselling or to arrange face to face counselling, contact Vivup on:
Vivup help line: 0800 023 9324 (free from any standard UK landline or mobile phone).
Employee Assistance Programme (tercltd.co.uk)
The Vivup website has links to further resources such self-help books, podcasts and blogs and the employee benefits platform, links can be found below:
Vivup EAP – Self-help Workbooks (tercltd.co.uk)
Vivup EAP – Podcasts and Blog (tercltd.co.uk)
Employee Benefits
There are a host of savings across many different areas including grocery shopping, mobile, broadband, utilities & financial wellbeing. These are real tangible savings that our workforce will benefit from especially with the continued increase in food and energy costs.
The link to the website is below. An employee does need to register with an email address, work or personal, to access the platform and access the savings. Link below to website:
Vivup – Login: Benefits Schemes
There is a customer support team number which is 01252 784540. Calling this number will allow an individual to gain an overview of the benefits Vivup specifically offer.