Tag: Independent Age

National charity Independent Age and 12 other organisations1 have teamed up to send an open letter to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Pat McFadden, calling for an end to the mixed age couples rule. The rule, introduced in 2019, could be preventing around 70,000 low-income couples from receiving entitlements specifically for older people until they both reach State Pension age, leaving affected couples up to £7,000 worse off a year. As well as the range of organisations calling for change, new polling from Independent Age shows that…

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Independent Age has announced a new round of its Boosting Advice Fund, as part of its continued fight against poverty in later life. The national charity is making £1.6 million available to local advice organisations supporting older people in financial hardship. The fund will be open for Expressions of Interest from 4 February to 25 February. The Boosting Advice Fund has already awarded £4.9 million in the past two years to strengthen an advice sector that continues to deliver vital support despite long-term underfunding and increasing demand. This latest round…

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A total of £1.17 million has been awarded to eight charities supporting older people living in coastal areas across England and Wales, boosting their work to improve the financial wellbeing of older people in their area and ensure their homes are safe and suitable. The funding comes from Independent Age, the national charity committed to tackling poverty in later life, through the second round of its Older People’s Fund. This funding round focuses on coastal communities with high numbers of older private renters, a group shown to be at greater…

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