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Unlike gas and electricity companies, you can only be supplied by your regional water company. You can’t switch to another water supplier. Water companies offer a variety of discount schemes for ... customers on low incomes or who are receiving certain benefits, such as Dŵr Cymru's HelpU tariff. If you have a water meter and you receive certain benefits (e.g. Universal Credit, Housing Benefit, Pension
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Happy New Year to you all HOPE project news Staffing update The HOPE project has seen a couple of organisational changes recently. Deiniol Jones who started with the project as the Volunteer Co-ordinator ... of Advocacy Development Officer for Cardiff & Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg. Sara Timothy who joined as Advocacy Development Officer for Gwent has taken over the role of Volunteer Co-ordinator for Swansea
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wellbeing in later life Indicator Variables/questions in USoc Creative and cultural participation Have you taken part in the last 12 months: Dance, including ballet; Sang to an audience or rehearsed for a performance ... street arts event (e.g. as a musician, dancer or costume maker); Learned or practised circus skills; Painting, drawing, printmaking or sculpture; Photography, film or video making as an artistic activity
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that the larger incumbent suppliers, older people may switch to a small supplier not obligated to pay the WHD, and so inadvertently lose eligibility for the discount. The focus of this consultation is ... However, as we look forward to the scheme being further reformed for the following years to 2021, it will be important to return to this key issue. 3. Responses to consultation questions Q1. Do you agree
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they’d love to do most in the world • Residents can look through old magazines or images online that you can print, and collect images that can be used to make a picture • Residents can make a collage from ... help exercise older people’s hand muscles. An interesting activity is creating a picture using clay as a canvas: • Create a square of clay 15cm x 15cm and about half an inch thick • Give residents a selection
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If you enjoy watching the television, then you need to make sure you have a valid TV licence. You’ll need a valid TV licence to watch or record live TV programmes on any channel (including the BBC), or ... or if you download or watch any BBC programmes using BBC iPlayer – whether that’s live on iPlayer, or watching downloaded content on a viewing device (such as a TV, computer, tablet or mobile phone).
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such as bereavement – as well as long-standing illnesses and difficulties, can put them especially at risk. During the 2014 floods, some of the 165 local Age UKs responded in nimble ways, such as bringing ... the ways they support older people through crises, as well as giving insight into the challenges people face. 4 Are we ready for the next crisis? As shown by the major flooding this winter, the answer
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people, wherever they live. We are a registered charity in the United Kingdom, formed in April 2010 as the new force combining Help the Aged and Age Concern. We have almost 120 years of combined history ... Consumers should be proactively encouraged to take up the offer of guidance. Overall the proposals as a whole must be capable of delivering a reasonable outcome for the most disengaged pension saver.
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providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. We are local We work as part of a network of independent charities which includes Age UK; our national partners Age Cymru ... the stories of people who, like us, are proud to be Age UK. Through their voices we’re able to tell you about the difference we’ve made this year to their lives, and the lives of millions of older people
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those who are online there are a variety of different users. Some people derive great benefits, such as being able to shop and bank from home, especially useful for people in rural areas with sparse services ... forced to go online. vii. Given the risk of the further removal of offline access to essential services, and the resulting deprivation and stress, the Government should consider imposing a levy to pay for the
