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  1. Financial Entitlements (Dec 2021).pdf

    to the State Pension, there are a range of different social security entitlements. These can be means-tested, based on NI contributions, or linked to circumstances such as age or disability. Benefits make ... ‘working age’, since May 2019 pensioners with a partner under State Pension age, who need to claim means-tested benefits, must claim Universal Credit rather than Pension Credit and Housing Benefit. As the standard

  2. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing- Winter Fuel Payments July 2024.pdf

    series of immediate cuts worth billions of pounds. Among the changes was the introduction of means-testing of the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP) – one-off payments of between £100-300 to help eligible pensioner ... to WFP eligibility will mean millions of pensioners who badly need the money to stay warm this winter will not receive it. Age UK’s Position We strongly oppose the means-testing of the Winter Fuel Payment

  3. Age UK Parliamentary Briefing- Winter Fuel Payment (December 2024).pdf

    the effects of the Government’s decision to means-test the Winter Fuel Payment (WFP), which is causing avoidable harm to many older people. The decision means 2.5m pensioners living in poverty or just above ... all pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line are losing the payment due to means-testing this winter. This briefing outlines recent policy developments relating to the WFP. Sadly, many

  4. Consultation response - Opt-in switching and testing opt-out switching, Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.pdf

    Consultation Response Domestic energy retail consultation: opt-in and testing opt-out switching. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) October 2021 Contact: david.southgate@ageuk ... consultation This consultation puts forward proposals for an opt-in energy tariff switching mechanism and testing an opt-out tariff switching alternative. Opt-in tariff prompts will be provided to a selection of

  5. RB_2016_Testing_Promising_Approaches_to_Reducing_Loneliness_Report.pdf

    Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness Results and Learnings of Age UK’s Loneliness Pilot. 2 Foreword Many people experience loneliness at some point in their lives. For some it may be short-lived ... In developing our approach with the Campaign to End Loneliness, and then shaping our programme to test ways of addressing loneliness, Age UK and the participating local Age UKs have been able to explore

  6. RB_July17_Testing_Promising_Approaches_Technical_Annex.pdf

    Vinal K Karania Page 1 of 81 July 2017 Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness Technical Annex - Quantitative Data Collected Vinal K Karania Page 2 of 81 July 2017 ... series of practical steps to support people experiencing loneliness. In spring 2015 Age UK launched Testing Promising Approaches to Reducing Loneliness. This was a pilot programme involving eight local Age

  7. CRS_Jan18_Test_report.pdf

    England report made the headlines. It highlighted that continued pressures on local authority budgets mean that 1.2 million older people in England now have some unmet need for social care. We pressed the ... supporting improvements to the quality and effectiveness of their organisations and services. Thirdly, we tested innovative and transformational services. Our expanded Person-Centred Integrated Care Programme has

  8. RB_Sept12_A_means_to_many_ends_older_workers'_experiences_of_flexible_working.pdf

    A means to many ends Older workers’ experiences of flexible working Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company ... ID200042 06/12 Our vision Age UK’s role We have a vision of a world in which older people flourish. This means a world in which older people will: • b e equal citizens with equal rights • h ave enough money for

  9. Age UK's Equality Impact Assessment of the Government's decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payments.pdf

    1 of 9 Research Note: Age UK's Equality Impact Assessment of the Government's decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payments from the winter of 2024-25 September 2024 Author: Vinal K Karania, Senior ... official data available to set out Age UK's estimate of the impact of the Government's decision to means-test Winter Fuel Payment on the 2.5 million pensioners living in poverty or just above the poverty line

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