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Just adding this as it may help someone , and can make a huge difference to heating bills.

http://www.warmfront.co.uk/index.htm

Applicants meeting the following criteria may be eligible for the Warm Front Scheme.

1. Householders aged 60 or over in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

Income Support
Council Tax Benefit
Housing Benefit
Job Seekers Allowance (income-based)
Pension Credit
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

2. Householders with a child under 16, or pregnant women with maternity certificate MAT-B1, in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

Income Support
Council Tax Benefit
Housing Benefit
Job Seekers Allowance (income-based)
Pension Credit
Income-related Employment and Support Allowance

3. Householders in receipt of one or more of the following benefits:

Working Tax Credit (with an income of less than £16,040, which must include a disability element)
Disability Living Allowance
Child Tax Credit (with an income of less than £16,040)
Housing Benefit (which must include a disability premium)
Income Support (which must include a disability premium)
Council Tax Benefit (which must include a disability premium)
War Disablement Pension (which must include a mobility supplement or Constant Attendance Allowance)
Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit (which must include Constant Attendance Allowance)
Attendance Allowance

Thanks again for the info Joy......I'll make sure she does contact them.

Mary

I agree with you Rosie......she's got one of those key meters and I know they charge more for the gas through those, which is bad really 'cos you're paying up front for the gas, not like me on DD. But it's the only way she can manage her money otherwise she'd end up getting a bill that she just wouldn't be able to pay and having it cut off :-(((

I'm sure she will get used to living on such a reduced income eventually but it's hard when you've been used to living on a good salary to go down to just £64 a week.

Mary

if you are in receipt of:
Child Tax Credit and salary is below £14,600
Working Tax Credit and salary lower than £14,600
Disability Living Allowance
Pension Credit
Attendance Allowance
War Disablement Pension
Disablement Pension
Child Tax Benefit
Income Support
Income Based Job Seeker Allowance
Carers Allowance
Severe Disablement Allowance


then you can ask to be put on the social tarriff
and i will save some up to £245 pounds a year
if you dont ask you wont get it if

mary UR SIS IS REALLY BEING RIPPED OFF
oops sorry didnt mean to shout lol

they dont offer it to people puss
unless they ask for it thats not right really

it should be given automatic to people on low incomes

Rosie, I'm also down south and my gas is £67 a month - and no I don't live in a mansion LOL......just a 3 bed semi. :-)))

Joy, many thanks for that site.....I've bookmarked it and will send it to my sis tomorrow.

The worst of it for my sis is that no-one is going to give her a job because of her age.....yes I know there is anti age discrimination but we all know employers can and do get around that ;-)))

Mary

thanks joy, we are doing that with the gas i told them i couldn't manage the bill they just ask you for proof and its done, mine is N power good luck anyone needing it xx

older people feel the cold a bit more too at least sandie she will have the heating grant too soon, think they should give it disabled too, i was really ill just before Christmas and wasn't able to move around to keep warm

blimey gosh £30.. pound a week is a lot of money .. blankets and jumpers are soo much cheaper .. i live in london had all the snow it was freezing here . but i only pay 40 a month .. 30 a week is a luxury lol

THE BEST KEPT SECRET

http://www.energychoices.co.uk/social-tariffs.html

all utility company's
now have to provide a social tarriff to people on certain benifits
but they dont tell you

so google social tariffs and you could save a fortune

thats terrible mary i can quite believe it , we used blankets to hep with this last winter and that was with heating on
hello rosie my lovely xx
sandie i can imagine, I've unfortunately known a mother who told her 15 yr old to get pregnant for those reasons only

No, Kent.......they had snow there for weeks too......it wasn't only *up north* it snowed! ;-)))

When you're at home all day 'cos you've got no job to go to, you have to have heating on more :-(((

£30 pound a week on gas .. does she live in iceland lol

My sister reaches retirement age next year and has always worked since the age of 15.....never been out of work before!! She got made redundant just before xmas and has been existing....and yes I do mean existing....on JSA of £64.30 per week.

During the bad weather she was putting nearly £30 a week on her gas out of that £64........so don't believe all you read in the papers about benefit *scroungers*.........most people are in the same position as my sister....and it's really hard for them.

Mary

Thinking back now kay that reminded me of a friend who lived in the next bedsit to me , she worked part time and benefits made her money so she could afford to pay the rent , that's 25 yrs ago now she struggled then, i don't see how someone single and not being in work can live the utilities alone would be about 40 a week including tv licence guess that leaves about 20 for food.
where i live there are very few jobs, young kids are now cleaners no disrespect but its strange to see young lads with a mop, is the job prospect different in bigger places

sloopy sod...:}}}mawhhhh back at ya.....

rosie posie, that was nice of you and made me smile. x

dont know what to say , but i will send you a big smacker roonie .. mwarrrrrrrrrrrrrr

person I know subsidises their benifits with serving in a pertol station,they do get lot less than on full benifits but they feel better for not facing a dreay same everyday.they are 32 single...