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  1. Estimating the cost of a Social Tariff for energy use at home, October 2022.pdf

    use at home October 2022 Author: Vinal K Karania, Research Manager Page 2 of 7 Summary To help vulnerable households in the UK to afford to heat and power their homes, we propose ... food or to keep their home warm through colder periods. Introducing an ‘energy social tariff’ can play a role in helping vulnerable households in the UK to afford to warm their homes through colder periods

  2. Behind the headlines_in person care home visiting Decemeber 2020.pdf

    1 Behind the headlines: why inperson care home visiting must get going again December 2020 2 Introduction Over the course of the pandemic Age UK has been contacted by thousands of people ... people parted from their loved ones as a result of the disruption to visiting in care homes. We have heard from partners, husbands and wives, brothers and sisters, sons and daughters, grandchildren, life-long

  3. Modern_Methods_of_Construction_ Submission_to_Inquiry_February2019.pdf

    enjoy life and feel well; receive high quality health and care; are comfortable, safe and secure at home; and feel valued and able to participate ABOUT THE INQUIRY The Select Committee for Housing, Local ... This involves off-site construction of homes in factories using new technology to reduce costs and speed up the building process. Although factory built homes are not a new concept – advances in technology

  4. Home Truths - Why older renters need more security.pdf

    Why older private renters need more security Home should be the place where we feel safest, the place we make our memories, and the place where we can grow old. Older renters: the hidden story But nearly ... private landlord.1 With a shortage of social housing and fewer people able to afford to own their own home, renting privately is often the only option. Older people can have a positive experience of private

  5. Cold at Home Energy and CoL Report.pdf

    Cold at home: How winter cost of living pressures continue to impact older people And what more needs to happen to support them February 2024 Contents Key findings 03 Introduction and policy recommendations ... older people struggling to stay warm at home? 13 What policy interventions do older people want to see? 14 What is needed from the next Government? 17 2 | Cold at home: How winter cost of living pressures

  6. FS42 LP Disability equipment and home adaptations.pdf

    Disability equipment and home adaptations March 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet covers the help you can get from the local authority to manage your daily life at home by the provision of disability ... disability equipment and home adaptations. It can be read in conjunction with other Age UK factsheets and information guides including: ⚫ factsheet 46, Paying for care and support at home ⚫ factsheet 41, How

  7. Cold at home polling briefing, Feb 2025.pdf

    1 Cold at home: How older people are managing during the first winter after Winter Fuel Payment reform February 2025 Overview Since the Government announced major changes to the Winter Fuel Payment ... would struggle without it and would find it very difficult to afford to stay adequately warm in their homes.1 The way that the policy has been introduced – with virtually no notice and no mitigation for people

  8. Age UK - Expanding the Warm Home Discount scheme.pdf

    Consultation Response Expanding the Warm Home Discount Scheme, 2025 to 2026 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) March 2025 dion.tickner@ageuk.org.uk All rights reserved. Third ... 7th Floor, One America Square, 17 Crosswall, London, EC3N 2LB. 2 About this consultation The Warm Home Discount is a key policy in the Government’s approach to tackling fuel poverty and reducing the energy

  9. Warm Home Discount - Better Targeted Support from 2022.pdf

    Consultation Response Warm Home Discount: Better Targeted Support from 2022. Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) August 2021 Contact: david.southgate@ageuk.org.uk ... Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation This consultation proposes to extend the Warm Home Discount (WHD) scheme to 2026 and to expand the spending envelope from around £350 million to £475

  10. Home_Office_preparations_for_Brexit_inquiry_Age_UK_August2019.pdf

    Consultation Response Home Office preparations for Brexit 7 August 2019 Ref: 0819 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational ... Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this inquiry The Home Affairs Committee last reported in December 2018 on its ongoing overarching inquiry into 'Home Office delivery of Brexit'. Since the Government’s

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