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in the household qualify. For example a person aged 80 who lives alone will receive £300 while a couple aged 80 and 85 will normally receive £150 each. It is paid automatically to people receiving ... cost more or less in future? Next winter 2015/16 it is forecast that 12.3 million people in the UK will receive the WFP at a cost of £2.1 billionii. This is expected to fall to 11.5 million payments at
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least 75 years old and recieve Pension Credit you can claim a free TV licence. The free TV licence will cover you and anyone else you live with, no matter what age they are. If you’re blind or have ... sight-impairment , you can claim a 50% discount on your licence. If you live with someone else, the licence will need to be in the name of the person who is blind or sight-impaired to get the discount. If you’re
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greater freedom in how they can access and use their pension pots. However, there are criminals who will try to take advantage of these options by tricking people into cashing in their pension and handing ... their money for them to invest. Here are some tips on how to keep your pension pot safe. Fraudsters will try different ways to persuade you to part with your pension cash - from promising opportunities that
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by people in need of social prescribing services. As such, engagement with people across Wales who will benefit from the framework needs to be planned early to identify the language that make sense to people ... – through both training and communications and campaigns through the roll out across Wales – they will be confident that they are doing the right thing. The evidence of the positive effects of social prescribing
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Wales – see section 2 below – the most up to date term is ‘community landlord housing’ (therefore, we will generally use the latter description in this factsheet). Our factsheet explains: how waiting lists ... points of note in the new legislation. Where relevant, further information on some of these elements will be included in the text below, or can be found within our other housing factsheets. Changes in terminology
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developed by Welsh Government that relate initially to commissioned children’s advocacy services, but will almost certainly be extended to commissioned adult advocacy services at some stage and may have implications ... are getting access to independent advocacy. The report highlights areas of concern and makes recommendations to address the barriers. In response, the Welsh Government announced a programme of work that
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developed by Welsh Government that relate initially to commissioned children’s advocacy services, but will almost certainly be extended to commissioned adult advocacy services at some stage and may have implications ... are getting access to independent advocacy. The report highlights areas of concern and makes recommendations to address the barriers. In response, the Welsh Government announced a programme of work that
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Most people will feel lonely at some point in their lives. It’s a deeply personal experience that - in most cases - will thankfully pass. But for a growing number of people, particularly those in later
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with volunteering? Give it a go, it’s fun and we will support you along the way, it makes such a difference to other people’s lives and your own, and you will have fun, without volunteers, programmes like
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age these are potentially worrying figures. Hopefully, more employers in Wales and the UK generally will see the benefits of offering flexible forms of work to their older workers. There are some examples ... work/employmentandemployeetypes/articles/peopletemporarilyawayfrompaidworkintheuk/august2020 they will lose their job when the scheme ends. This is of particular concern as older workers who become unemployed
