Support & Care: providing financial and practical support to people in the licensed drinks trade.
Licensed Trade Support & Care is part of the Licensed Trade Charity, a national organisation that has been helping people in the licensed drinks trade for over 200 years.
Through Support & Care we aim to help people at very difficult times in their lives - be it illness, relationship breakdown, financial hardship and other traumatic events.
We can help anyone in the licensed drinks industry providing they meet our criteria such as: licensees, managers, bar staff, brewery workers, draymen, drivers, office staff and cleaners.
If you would like to speak to someone, why not call our Helpline on 01344 898550.
News
Heineken UK sponsors Licensed Trade Charity Boxing Tournament
16th November 2010
Wells and Young's Support Charity Golf
18th October 2010
Scally Rally in aid of LTC and other charities
23rd September 2010
100 Club August Winners
4th August 2010
What's On
LTC Annual Conference
11th October 2010
Licensed Trade Charity Golf Final
18th October 2010
London Boxing Tournament
16th November 2010
Viewpoint
Recent Department of Work and Pensions "State of the Nation Report" shows that poverty has increased
The statistics show that many people will continue to require assistance from charities like Support & Care.
The report sets out a comprehensive assessment of poverty in the UK including income poverty, indebtedness, unemployment, educational and health inequalities, family structure and community breakdown.
Among the report's statistics are the following:
- Severe poverty, defined as below 40 % of the median household income, has increased
- Income inequality is at its highest level since statistics began in 1961
- A higher proportion of young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training than in almost any other EU country
- One in ten people live in persistent poverty
- Debt hasreached record levels
- Health inequalities are higher than they were in the 1970's
- the gap in eduactional attainment between children from rich and poor backgrounds remains persistently high.