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This Winter could be hard for many people- and cost of living worries can have a big impact on health and wellbeing.
If you are worried about:
Benefits and rent, debts or bills, food or staying warm, please ring Manchester’s Cost of Living advice line on freephone 0800 023 2692 Monday to Friday, 9am–4.30pm. More information is also available at manchester.gov.uk/coladvice or text: 07860 022876.
Extra money you may be entitled to:
Check if you are eligible for Pension Credit by calling charity Independent Age for free on 0800 319 6789 Monday to Friday, 8,30am–5.30pm, or visit www.independentage.org.
Pension Credit is a very important benefit because it gives access to other benefits, such as social tariffs, the Warm House Discount, cheaper broadband, free TV licences, lower water bills, and now the Winter Fuel Payment. You need to apply for Pension Credit by 21 December.
Getting older
Age UK
Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. They believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this.
For older men, for older women! A group with services and activities that may be for you: coffee mornings linked to community nurse clinics, visits to you at home, trips, snooker, gardening.
Alzheimer’s Society is the UK’s leading dementia charity. They campaign for change, fund research to find a cure and support people living with dementia today.
Offers a support service for people in Manchester who have issues around mental health, elderly people who are showing early signs of dementia and people at risk of becoming socially isolated.
The community falls service comprises three nursing sisters and two staff nurses experienced in care of the elderly and in assessing the needs of people who have fallen.
