Author Archives: Maureen
Time to Make Winter Fuel Allowance Fair
10 October 2011
A number of campaigning organisations, including Contact a Family and Scope, attempt each year to get this benefit paid to those in most need
One of the topics I wrote about in last week’s IL newsletter was the Winter Fuel Allowance: the annual payment which is made to people who are over 60, to help with heating costs.
A number of the responses I received pointed up once again the extraordinary unfairnesses built-in to this benefit. It is paid without means-testing to everyone of the relevant age, whether or not they are working. It is not paid to younger disabled people, however great their need.
Hopes high over plan for new Norwich community centre
The Silver Rooms in Silver Road, in north city, are owned by Norfolk County Council and currently used to provide a club for elderly people.
Olly Day brings some smiles to Hilda Bullen and Ian Gibson at the Silver Rooms open day on Sunday. Photo: Bill Smith
by DAN GRIMMER Monday, October 10, 2011
6.30 AM
Campaigners battling to create a new community centre in Norwich have given families a taste of what might be on offer if they succeed in their efforts.
The Silver Rooms in Silver Road, in north city, are owned by Norfolk County Council and currently used to provide a club for elderly people.
Four in ten disabled children are living in poverty
The charity is also calling for government to do more to help these families
Four in ten disabled children in the UK – a staggering 320,000 – are living in poverty, reveals a new report by The Children’s Society.
Nearly a third of those 320,000 are living in severe poverty. Alarmingly, when a disabled adult also lives in the household, around half of all disabled children will be living in poverty.
