Pension credit wait times double – fuelling fears over DWP winter …
Nov 18, 2024 · As recently as 4 November, the DWP was sending letters to pensioners advising them to apply for pension credit if they are eligible. Based on the most recent figures, someone applying for pension credit in early November would on average only receive their pension credit – and associated winter fuel payments – in mid-January. Payments can be backdated, but such delays would mean applicants ...
Everything you need to know about homelessness in UK in 2024
Nov 29, 2024 · How many people are homeless in England? The latest official statistics show 358,370 households contacted their local authority for support after being threatened with homelessness or losing their home in 2023-24, up more than 10% in a year. Of these, 324,990 were assessed as homeless. Record numbers of households are living in temporary accommodation in England.
Tom Grennan: 'I paid my parents' mortgage with Gillette song cash ...
Sep 20, 2024 · One day, not too long ago, Tom Grennan was on the phone to his mum and dad and told them he was paying off their mortgage. The money came from singing a few simple lines, culminating in the lyrics many now know Grennan for: “Gillette!
These charities collect furniture for free to help those in need
Nov 26, 2024 · All proceeds will go to the operation of food banks, computer recycling, and a newly found debt advice service. In West London, Trinity Homeless Projects runs charity furniture collections to stock its stores, with proceeds going towards its work ending homelessness. Sue Ryder. Sue Ryder provides palliative care and aid to those living with a terminal illness alongside providing bereavement ...
How does The Big Issue help the homeless?
Nov 28, 2023 · (From left to right) Daisy Hampson, Big Issue frontline worker, Jon Gregg, Big Issue vendor, Lord John Bird, founder of the Big Issue, Kelvin Gregory, Big Issue vendor, Daniel Mays, actor and Big Issue Ambassador and Leventica Paun, Big Issue frontline worker at the launch of Big Issue's Christmas campaign.
What will the autumn budget mean for benefit claimants? - The …
Oct 29, 2024 · Chancellor Rachel Reeves warned earlier this year that there will be “difficult decisions” on welfare spending in her autumn budget, and speculation has since emerged around cuts to disability benefits and reforms which will see more people driven into work.. Set to be announced on Wednesday (30 October), the autumn budget is the chancellor’s big plan for the economy for the next ...
The Making of Do They Know It's Christmas? review - Big Issue
Nov 29, 2024 · Again, this has raised vast amounts of money. But by perpetuating the stereotyping of an entire continent – and especially Ethiopia – as a place in constant need of charity, as a place ‘where nothing ever grows’, Do They Know It’s Christmas? has reinforced harmful colonial attitudes. Four decades on, surely it’s time to …
Volunteering on Christmas Day: How you can get involved
Nov 29, 2024 · But more generally, as you’d expect, Age UK has a host of volunteering opportunities across the Christmas period, including volunteering in an Age UK shop or volunteering for The Silver Line Helpline, a free and confidential 24-hour helpline for over-55s who feel lonely and isolated. This service is also open on Christmas Day.
Mr Loverman star Ariyon Bakare: 'The struggle for LGBTQ …
Oct 21, 2024 · Produced by Fable Pictures, scripted by Nathaniel Price and directed by Hong Khaou, it stars Lennie James as Barrington Walker, Sharon D Clarke as Carmel Walker, and myself (yes, I got the part) as Morris de la Roux.. A couple of Antiguan men of the Windrush generation represent a different approach to love. Exploring the taboos of sexuality, masculinity and identity within the Caribbean ...
DWP 'considering' PIP changes amid speculation on benefit reform
Oct 17, 2024 · The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is still “considering” responses to a consultation on reform of the personal independence payment (PIP) proposed by the Conservatives, the Big Issue has learned.. There has been speculation in news reports that Labour has dropped proposals for PIP changes by the Conservative government, based on a DWP minister saying the government has “no ...