Published: September 2023 3 Contents What this guide is about Commonly asked questions 6 Things you can do to save energy Quick and easy ways to save energy 8 Understanding your heating controls 14 Looking ... energy bills Understanding your bill 24 Why is your bill higher than usual? 25 What to do if you can’t pay your bill 26 Prepayment meters 27 Getting the best energy deal 29 Priority services 32 Help paying
About this consultation The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has established a review of the progress of automatic enrolment into private pension saving to date, which is also considering the future ... over-represented. Age UK believes that it is vital that coverage is extended so more people can benefit from saving into a private pension. This should be achieved by reducing the trigger for auto-enrolment to £8,060
they save public services a massive £8 billion each year. Providing care for someone can sometimes be difficult. It can affect your employment, your finances and both your physical and mental health. In ... help you answer some of the big questions about getting help as a carer – what you’re entitled to, who you should speak to, and what other support is available. We also want to hear from you, so please
where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. The ... people learn digital skills and benefit from using the internet. However there are many older people who do not use the internet and some are starting to feel disadvantaged in an increasingly digital world
Are more likely to have negative views of their neighbourhood. Age UK, RNIB and people in later life who are experiencing sight loss have developed an agenda for action to respond to the challenge of sight ... Practitioners, specialists and care providers who are regularly in contact with older people need greater awareness of eye health and sight loss so that they can identify people with sight loss and meet the
session delivered to all volunteers and can be delivered virtually over Zoom. Safeguarding is staff and volunteers’ responsibility; it’s everyone’s duty to keep adults who need care and support safe from abuse ... Cymru’s procedures when responding to disclosures of abuse and safeguarding concerns Feedback “For what can be an intense session with a lot of information, the trainer constantly checked in to make sure that
personal data such as their full name, address, date of birth, bank details or pin numbers – scammers can use this information to steal their identity. • Not be pressured into donating money and never make ... in place if they feel they need extra security about who is calling them. • Not be worried about saying no and putting the phone down on strangers who might phone them. Phone scams You could help the person
enable people to bring claims on grounds of multiple discrimination. Section 14 of the Equality Act 2010 should be immediately brought into force to enable dual discrimination claims to be brought. We call ... the Government to repeal Tribunal fees for discrimination claims. 1.4. The Government should provide support to enable all those providing care who wish to work to do so. Employers should have policies
certainly has its advantages; as well as the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful environment, rural areas can also offer peace and quiet, they tend to perform well on economic indicators and there are proportionally ... areas, with their low population densities and distance between residential and commercial centres, can bring additional challenges for older people, such as higher living costs, housing that is hard to
Work & Pensions Select Committee Inquiry Response Welfare to work Ref: 1915 August 2015 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... with Age UK Cymru, Age UK NI and Age UK Scotland. Key points and recommendations With State Pension ages rising and more people needing to work for longer, it is inevitable that the welfare-to-work