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  1. ID205792 Winter Health Postcard 2025.pdf

    6 ways to look after yourself this winter 4. Wrap up and keep your home warm enough. As we get older, changes to our bodies can mean the cold affects our health more than it used to. 5. Get support if ... call our advice line if you’re having trouble paying your bills. 6. Keep moving and eat enough this winter. It’s important to stay hydrated too. 1. Get your free flu jab if you’re 65+ or a carer. Check

  2. Digital Winter Postcard (Health Influencing).pdf

    ways to look after yourself this winter6 Spread the warmth this winter Get your free flu jab and COVID-19 autumn booster if you’re 65+ or a carer. Check which other vaccines you may be eligible for ... enough this winter. It’s important to stay hydrated too. 1 4 2 5 3 6 Age UK is a registered charity, number 1128267. ID205107 08/23. For more tips, advice and ways to get support this winter, visit www

  3. FS49 The Social Fund Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision.pdf

    Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision July 2025 About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes: ⚫ Winter Fuel ... Fuel Payments ⚫ Cold Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments Advances of Benefit are loans requiring repayment and include: ⚫ Short-term advances ⚫ Budgeting advances ⚫ Budgeting loans. Local Welfare

  4. CRS_Sept15_Age_UK_submission_to_Work_and_Pensions_Committee_Inquiry_on_benefit_delivery.pdf

    Evidence submission Age UK evidence to the Work and Pensions Committee’s Inquiry into Benefit Delivery September 2015 Ref No. 4015 sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock ... UK about benefit issues have reached Pension Credit age (women’s State Pension age) and therefore do not face the same conditionality requirements as younger people in order to receive benefits. If there

  5. ID205792 Winter Health Poster 2025.pdf

    feeling out of sorts or lonely. Your mental health matters. 6 ways to look after yourself this winter 4. Wrap up and keep your home warm enough. As we get older, changes to our bodies can mean the ... eat enough this winter. It’s important to stay hydrated too. Age UK is a registered charity, number 1128267. ID205792 08/25. For more tips, advice and ways to get support this winter, visit www.ageuk

  6. Winter_Warmth_Impact_Report.pdf

    winter warmth services Impact report 2011–2014 21 Age UK’s winter warmth servicesExposure to the cold can have a devastating impact on the health of older people. Every winter 25,000i older people die ... die needlessly, as a result of cold weather in the UK. The UK’s excess winter death rate is much higher than other colder countries. Research suggests that cold weather morbidity is preventable and a result

  7. Factsheet - The Social Fund, Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision

    Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision July 2025 About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and includes: ⚫ Winter Fuel ... Fuel Payments ⚫ Cold Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments Advances of Benefit are loans requiring repayment and include: ⚫ Short-term advances ⚫ Budgeting advances ⚫ Budgeting loans. Local Welfare

  8. FS74 LP Challenging welfare benefit decisions.pdf

    Page 1 of 24 Factsheet 74 Challenging welfare benefit decisions June 2025 About this factsheet This factsheet explains who makes benefit decisions, how a decision can be challenged, and how to make complaints ... England and Wales. The process for challenging devolved benefit decisions in Scotland is different. See the Age Scotland guide: Challenging benefit decisions, or contact Age Scotland for more information

  9. Benefit take-up briefing May 2024 .pdf

    1 Briefing Benefit take-up and older people May 2024 Introduction The latest figures show that there are nearly two million pensioners in the UK living in poverty, yet around 2.8 billion ... billion pounds of Pension Credit and Housing Benefit is unclaimed in a single year. With financial pressures due to high costs, it is more important than ever that people receive their full entitlements. This

  10. FS17 LP Housing Benefit.pdf

    Page 1 of 38 Factsheet 17 Housing Benefit April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet explains what Housing Benefit is, who qualifies for it, and how it is calculated. It explains how to claim and ... refer to Age UK factsheet 56, Benefits for people under State Pension age. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period April 2026 to March 2027. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and

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