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  1. Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) Loan

    Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) is a benefit for homeowners which helps pay towards the interest on a mortgage or home improvement loans.

  2. Pension Credit

    Pension Credit is a benefit that provides extra money for people over State Pension age and are struggling to make ends meet. Read more from Age UK.

  3. Ambitions for later life programme

    housing needs or dealing with debt. Following the initial advice and support provided, the adviser would work with the older person to help them identify what they would like to achieve following ... ambitions or goals that they wanted to achieve. As part of this work, we identified £13.6m in unclaimed benefits. For the older people this applied to, it meant an average amount of £3,996.52 extra a year in their

  4. A day in the life of the Age UK Advice Line

    take calls 8am - 7pm, every day of the year, and provides information on topics from finances and benefits to housing and care. Here's a summary of the diverse range of calls we receive during a typical ... information guides and also provides the details of a local Age UK who can arrange an in-person benefit entitlement check.  9.15am:  Lucy receives an enquiry via webchat from a woman wanting

  5. Windrush Scheme

    The Windrush Scheme is a government initiative to help and support people who arrived in the UK a long time ago but don't have the documents that confirm their immigration status.

  6. Eva's story

    when he was sick and Eva needed help with benefits that she discovered Age UK. Eva and David went along to Age UK Sheffield to get help with securing benefits . Eva explains: “The lady came and filled ... lives.” Eva Knowing someone's there who's bothered about you, who cares about you and your welfare, makes all the difference. Learning to cope with being alone After her David died, Eva tried to continue

  7. Financial support for carers

    income is lower because you've given up work or reduced your hours. Carer's Allowance is the main welfare benefit to help carers, worth £86.45 per week (this figure is usually reviewed each April). To ... certain benefits not be in full-time education or earning more than £196 a week (after tax and expenses) Find out more about Carer's Allowance Find out more about carer's assessments Benefits for the

  8. Intergenerational friends

    Carol Elliott, Business and Development Manager at Age UK Portsmouth, explains how the classes benefit older people and young children alike.

  9. Volunteer with the Connect and Support Service

    people with support over the phone to help them gain access to the services and activities that could benefit them.

  10. How we can help this Christmas

    Whether we can help you or someone else who would benefit from our support, we offer a range of services that can make a real difference all year round.

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