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  1. FS91 Pension Freedom and benefits.pdf

    Page 1 of 22 Factsheet 91 Pension Freedom and benefits June 2025 About this factsheet Changes to how you can use funds in your occupational or private pension were made in 2015. Once you reach the age ... entitlement. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period June 2025 to May 2026, although benefit rates may change during the year. The information in this factsheet is applicable to England, Scotland

  2. 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

  3. 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 ... this evidence and learning will enable more local Age UKs and other providers to understand the benefits of making sure that services and interventions reach, understand and support lonely older people

  4. FS56 Benefits under State Pension age.pdf

    Page 1 of 22 Factsheet 56 Benefits for people under State Pension age April 2026 About this factsheet This factsheet has information about benefits for people under State Pension age. It includes ... Universal Credit and how it affects people claiming other benefits and about disability and carers’ benefits. It explains how you can claim these benefits. From April 2026, State Pension age starts to increase

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Factsheet - Challenging welfare benefit decisions (PDF)

    Page 1 of 20 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

  8. Benefit changes for mixed age couples - Feb 19 (PDF)

    1 Benefit changes for mixed age couples February 2019 The law is due to change on 15 May 2019, so that a ‘mixed age couple’ (that is a couple where one partner is a pensioner and the other under pension ... pension age) will be considered to be a ‘working age’ couple for the purposes of means-tested benefits. Age UK believes this is unfair and the change should not go ahead because:  Pensioners could face

  9. CRS_Jan18_Test_report.pdf

    Together with our national and local partners, we helped older people find out about £218 million in benefits which they were entitled to. We continue to experience great success in channelling public support ... We had good reason to believe that this proposal posed a threat to the future of this essential benefit for older disabled people. Following a consultation, the Government listened to us and 14,000 of

  10. Factsheet - Housing Benefit (PDF)

    Page 1 of 30 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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