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Benefits for older people

Benefits for older people

• Winter fuel payments
  A winter fuel payment is an annual tax-free payment made to eligible people aged 60 or over to help towards their winter heating costs.
  
• Attendance Allowance
  Attendance Allowance is a tax-free benefit for disabled people aged 65 or over who need care.
  

Grants and funds for older people

• AFTAID Aid for aged in distress
  A small charitable organisation offering direct financial assistance in the form of grants, often in emergency situations and covering a wide range of 'quality of life' issues which are not being addressed elsewhere.
  
• Financial help for older home owners with repairs and adaptions (97.2kb PDF file)
  This leaflet explains the different financial bodies able to help the elderly with home maintenance.
• The Brighton Fund
  This is a charitable trust with a small annual income to help local people, especially people aged over 60, who are in need, hardship or distress.
• The Social Fund (71.9kb PDF file)
  This factsheet gives information about lump sum payments from the Social Fund and other grants that may be available to older people on low incomes.
• Warm Front Team
  Grants for improvements to home insulation, funded by Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs. Managed in South East by Eaga Partnership Ltd.
  

Information leaflets

• Arranging for another person to make decisions about your finance and welfare (311kb PDF file)
  A leaflet by Age UK, explaining how to arrange for other people to make decisions about your finance or welfare.
• Benefits (110kb PDF file)
  An information leaflet by Age Concern, with information about all the benefits older people are entitled to.
• Council tax (93kb PDF file)
  The factsheet gives advice about payment of council tax by those over 60.
• Direct payments from Social Services
  A direct payment is an amount of money paid to you by the council for you to arrange and manage your own care
• Disability and ageing (116kb)
  This factsheet is aimed at people aged 60 and over and explains the different entitlements available.

Advice services

• Age Concern
  Financial advice through the Co-operative Independent Financial Advisers for people over 50‚ including Inheritance tax planning and investment and savings strategies.
  
• Buy With Confidence
  A Website directory of Trading Standards Approved Traders. All the businesses on this web site have been vetted and approved by Trading Standards to ensure that they operate in a legal, honest and fair way.
• First Stop- advice for the elderly
  Helping you understand how to afford and pay for help or care.
  
• Independent Age
  Helps elderly people in financial difficulty remain independent in their homes by providing a small regular income, support and friendship.
  
• St Luke's Advice Service
  Support, practical help, advice and guidance on a range of issues for the local community. Areas covered include benefits, debt and budgeting, housing, mortgage and rent problems, legal, employment and consumer issues, relationship breakdown issues.

Pensions

• The Pensions Service
  This Government website provides information about pensions and pensioner benefits, for those planning for the future, about to retire or already retired.
  
• The State Pension
  This factsheet by Age UK explains the State Pension
• Pension credit
  Information from Age UK explaining the pension credit and who is entitled to it.