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If you’re out of work or on a low income, you may be able to claim Universal Credit to boost the money you have coming in. Universal Credit (UC) is a means-tested benefit that has been rolled out nationally ... listed below by migrating existing claimants to UC: Income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance Income-related Employment and Support Allowance Housing Benefit Income Support Working Tax Credit Child Tax Credit. If
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Due to the current high demand for our valuable service, we're suspending any new referrals into the service for the time being. Please check back soon. Our service is in huge demand and we need people ... people to become a telephone befriender. We need your help more than ever before. Sign up today as a telephone befriender and help make someone’s day. If you're aged 70 or over and live in Wales
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A summary of Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life Age UK Policy and Research Department Dr Marcus Green Professor José Iparraguirre Dr Susan Davidson Phil Rossall University of Southampton Professor ... Wellbeing encapsulates how we are faring, in all domains of life Contents Introduction 3 What did we do? 4 Our statistical work 4 Key findings 5 Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life 8 How is older people’s
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It includes information about Universal Credit and how it affects people claiming other benefits and about disability and carers’ benefits. It explains how you can claim these benefits. The information ... information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2024 to March 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and uprated in April but rules and figures can sometimes change during the year. The information
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square ... www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis
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1 Summary As local authorities look for ways to cut spending, while continuing to support growing numbers of older people to stay healthy and active, this briefing makes the case for: • Building the ... more strategic approach to ageing and improved cross-sector and crossdepartment coordination • Protecting the most vulnerable • Delivery in full on existing statutory obligations and safeguards • Sustaining
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Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee Pension freedoms inquiry October 2017 Ref: 2217 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher Brooks, Senior Policy Manager christopher.brooks@ageuk.org.uk Age UK
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Consultation Response Ref 0816 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee inquiry into future flood prevention March 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Phil Mawhinney phil.mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square
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groups 1 to 9 1. People living in a care home for older adults and their carers. 2. All those 80 years of age and older and frontline health and social care workers. 3. All those 75 years of age and over. ... 4. All those 70 years of age and over and people who are extremely clinically vulnerable (also known as the “shielding” group – i.e. people in this group will previously have received a letter from the
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working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services and the opportunity ... opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the consultation
