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should be: • Get your boiler serviced every year by a Gas Safe registered engineer. Do this before winter, in case the service shows that you need a new boiler – temporarily going without hot water and heating ... ongoing entitlement – contact your local Jobcentre Plus office to apply (page 40) • by putting your Winter Fuel Payment towards a new boiler. In Wales, you might also be able to apply to: • Nest – a Welsh
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home Help with Council Tax 15 Help with housing costs 18 Help with heating costs: a warmer home for winter 20 Your wellbeing Help with urgent or one-off expenses 22 Help with health costs 24 Attendance Allowance ... pages 18–19) How much? Amount varies, but may cover your rent in full. 8 More money in your pocket Winter Fuel Payment (see page 20) How much? One annual payment, normally £200 if you’re under 80 and £300
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the views on the year ahead - June 2022 Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the winter Covid-19 lockdown, and the road to recovery- May 2021 Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales
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Credit Universal Credit Attendance Allowance Disability Living Allowance Personal Independence Payment Winter Fuel Payment pensions administered under the War Pensions Scheme and Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
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18 Housing benefit and other help with housing costs 21 Help with heating costs: a warmer home for winter 23 Your wellbeing Help with urgent or one-off expenses 26 Help with health costs 29 Attendance Allowance ... full. Housing Benefit (see pages 21-22) How much? Amount varies, but may cover your rent in full. Winter Fuel Payment (see page 23) How much? One annual payment, of between £100 and £300, paid to all eligible
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home. We campaign for warmer homes and provide practical support to enable people to stay warm in winter, help people remain at home for as long as possible by offering tailored products, such as stairlifts ... 2013/14 £160 million benefits put into older people’s pockets. 260,000 people reached through our winter warmth programmes. £22.4 million in financial support to our partners. Around 75,000 volunteers supported
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it is believed to be the main reason behind increases in respiratory and circulatory diseases in winter. Older people are more likely to suffer from cold weather and in addition to affecting their health ... increasing income and reducing expenditure. Energy related pilots should be delivered over two winters to more effectively pilot a concept, including the benefits of providing such support not just in
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000 older people through our Spread the Warmth grant programmes. We worked with local Age UKs and other local partners to spread the warmth during the winter months to more than 60,000 older people through ... through £180,000 of grants, including: • 85 Winter Warmth projects, reaching more than 61,000 older people • 78 Winter Celebration projects, reaching more than 13,000 people. We said we would campaign
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compromises and tough choices. Some people really do face a choice between heating and eating during the winter, while others do not eat a satisfying meal each day because they cannot afford to. In Wales, an estimated
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Advisor. The service provides Age UK enquirers with suggestions and travel tips. This year, our winter grants programme benefited 63,000 people. Our HandyVan service achieved a customer satisfaction rate ... Hospital Guide 2012, Doctor Foster Intelligence, 2012 11 Nutrition Screening Survey in the UK in Winter 2010, BAPEN 2011 12 www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/nhs-belongs.pdf Funding & finance
