Being in poverty is also about not having things, or doing activities, that most of us take for granted. So, for example, nearly a quarter (23 per cent) of people aged 65 or over do not go out socially ... Champions. More than 30 Dementia Friends sessions have been organised in the past few months and over 350 members of staff have become Dementia Friends. People with dementia are frequent users of health and
an older person gets access to both the Council Tax rebate and energy bill loan, they will receive £350 this year. But with bills increasing by an average of £693, that still leaves them with a £343 gap
access to equipment and adaptations for the person they support.118 Disabled Facilities Grants are capital grants available to people of all ages and in all housing tenures to contribute to the cost of ... such as lifts, stairlifts, wash and dry toilets, grab rails, and level access showers. The Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 mandates that adaptations are approved and completed within
have received a ‘migration notice’ or invitation to claim UC by a deadline day. You may have been granted an extension to your deadline. It is important to make the UC claim because IR-ESA will be abolished ... if you have children, £3,500) and a further 18 monthly instalments (£100, or if you have children, £350). The monthly payments are not taxable and are disregarded for means-tested benefits and for the benefit
beneficiaries, Age UK established a grant programme for those local Age UKs who no longer trade, with £1.1 million paid out in total in 2017/18. Age UK expects to provide further grant payments until 2021. Improving ... customers to buy, such as financial services and independent living products. These totals include grant funding for services and programmes covered in pages 18–33. Our year in numbers The Age UK network
have received a ‘migration notice’ or invitation to claim UC by a deadline day. You may have been granted an extension to your deadline. It is important to make the UC claim because IR-ESA will be abolished ... if you have children, £3,500) and a further 18 monthly instalments (£100, or if you have children, £350). The monthly payments are not taxable and are disregarded for means-tested benefits and for the benefit
have received a ‘migration notice’ or invitation to claim UC by a deadline day. You may have been granted an extension to your deadline. It is important to make the UC claim because IR-ESA will be abolished ... if you have children, £3,500) and a further 18 monthly instalments (£100, or if you have children, £350). The monthly payments are not taxable and are disregarded for means-tested benefits and for the benefit
supported more than 38,000 older people to be more active, meet new people and have fun. We awarded grants totalling £985,122 for 11 new research projects to improve the health and wellbeing of older people ... The service provides Age UK enquirers with suggestions and travel tips. This year, our winter grants programme benefitted 63,000 people. Our HandyVan service achieved a positive customer satisfaction
range of ways. Grant funding is an important part of this. For example, we co-design and deliver charitable programmes (see pages 7 to 23), for which Age UK receives funding and makes grants available for ... for suitable partners to deliver. In 2023/24, we distributed £23.1 million in total in grants to other organisations, including those in the Age UK network (in 2022/23 this was £30.9 million) (see page 20-22)