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review date: May 2019 1 Home safety checker Contents What this guide is about 2 Fire prevention 3 Gas and solid fuel safety 6 Electrical safety 10 Preventing falls 12 Lighting 15 Safety when cooking 18 ... should bear the British Standard number BS 5446 and the Kitemark. 6 Home safety checker Gas and solid fuel safety Gas and solid fuel problems can go unnoticed but some straightforward checks on your appliances
in an emergency help with meter readings If you have different companies for water, electricity and gas, you will need to sign up with each. If you have a carer, they can sign up for you. You can register ... Next Octopus energy Ovo Scottish Power Shell Energy Utilita If you have a different company for your gas and electricity, you need to contact both. If you switch, you will need to register for the PSR again
information Welfare benefits and entitlements – could you be missing out? If you want to know more, see the benefits and entitlements section of our website, or use our online benefits ... If you don't have a smart meter, it's a good idea to provide your supplier with meter readings for gas and electric on a regular basis and particularly so when changes in prices are announced (for example
to get out of the house and to contact my gas supplier. They told me the alarm was ringing because I probably had a carbon monoxide leak in my home. When the gas man called round, he condemned my boiler ... carried out. Amending your Will It may be the case that you have already made a Will and you just want to update it. This is simply an addition or alteration to the existing Will so you can add extra gifts
improvement. Bogus officials: A common trick is when someone pretends to be from your electricity or gas company as a way to get into your home and steal from you. Bogus charity collections : A fraudster ... hold of your personal details, or use it as a cover for persuading you to buy something you don’t want or need. Hard luck stories: Someone with a hard luck story may come to your door and ask you to help
Association, the Information Commissioner’s Office, and Barclays Bank, Lloyds Bank, Halifax and British Gas. The group’s aim is to make Wales a safer place for vulnerable people by working as a partnership of ... including poverty, isolation, frailty, cognitive impairment and because they are specifically targeted. We want to help create barriers that keep scams away from people. This will not be easy and we believe working
Help with heating costs if you live in a property without a mains gas connection 44 18.1 The Welsh Government’s Discretionary Assistance Fund or ... Petroleum Gas (LPG) providers 45 Factsheet 1w January 2024 4 of 66 19 Priority Services Registers 45 19.1 Gas and electricity supplier
2023. 3 Contents. What this guide is about. 4 Staying safe at home Avoiding falls 6 Fire safety 10 Gas and solid fuel safety 13 Electrical safety 16 Securing doors and windows 19 Safety at the door 22 ... crime 53 Top tips for staying safe 54 Useful organisations 56 4 What this guide is about We all want stay as independent as possible and feel confident enough to keep doing the things we enjoy. However
your money. the tradesperson’s credentials and trade licence . For example, boiler engineers must be Gas Safe registered. their references – speak to previous customers about the work and service of the tradesperson ... the job progresses. Check building regulations For certain types of work (e.g. electrical, plumbing, gas, and replacing windows) you may need to get a building regulations compliance certificate from your