Protect your home whilst helping those without one

Shelter is urging people in need of home insurance to choose Co-Operative Home Insurance and help raise money for the charity's vital housing advice services this Christmas.

For every home insurance product sold The Co-operative Home Insurance have pledged to donate £5 towards Shelter's services, helping to raise thousands of pounds and ensuring the charity can help as many people as possible over the festive period.

Shelter runs a free emergency housing helpline, as well as a network of face to face advice services which provides a critical lifeline for people in desperate housing need this Christmas.

The charity is seeing increasing numbers of people coming to them for help because they cannot afford their basic housing costs. People across the country are already facing a daily struggle just to keep a roof over their head, with recent research from Shelter revealing one in six homeowners is constantly struggling to pay their mortgage. Shelter fears this will only get worse for people as they have to bear the cost of Christmas as well.

Louise Parkes, director of fundraising for Shelter said: "We know only too well that many people are really struggling to keep a roof over their head.

"New figures show almost 50,000 households will be homeless stuck in temporary accommodation this Christmas, not to mention over a million children trapped in overcrowded housing, desperately in need of a decent and affordable home."

"Our vital advice services are getting ready to help the flood of people who will need our expert advice over the festive period, but we need as much support as possible if we are to help everyone that needs it.

"If you're in need of home insurance, or simply looking to renew your policy, taking out Co-operative Home Insurance is a quick and easy way of helping Shelter this Christmas whilst giving you peace of mind that your home and possessions will be protected."

For a quotation, visit co-operativeinsurance.co.uk.