Winter Fuel Support Trust
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Funds benefits checks, energy advice and winter warmth support that help low-income pensioners stay warm, as excess winter deaths among older people remain a persistent public health issue.
Why this matters in the United Kingdom
Pensioners on low incomes often live in older, harder-to-heat homes and spend more hours indoors than younger households, so rising energy prices hit them especially hard. Bills climbed steeply in the 2022 energy crisis and have not returned to earlier levels. Eligibility for the Winter Fuel Payment has changed twice since 2024, leaving many pensioners unsure what they will receive.
Pension Credit opens the door to further help with heating and other costs, yet a large share of eligible pensioners do not claim it, often because they do not know they qualify or find the forms daunting. Cold homes raise blood pressure and the risk of strokes, heart attacks and chest infections, and some pensioners ration heating to the point of harm. A benefits check, energy advice and practical warmth support can reach people before a cold snap turns into a hospital admission.
What your gift pays for
- Benefits checks helping older people claim Pension Credit and other support they are owed
- Warm packs with thermal blankets, hot-water bottles and room thermometers for the coldest weeks
- Advice on energy tariffs, fuel debt and grant-funded home insulation schemes for older homeowners and tenants
Organization
Age UK · United Kingdom
Charity Commission for England and Wales (company no. 6825798) · No. 1128267
Founded 2009 · Headquarters: London
UK charity for older people that helps pensioners claim heating support and runs winter warmth campaigns.
How they work: Age UK works as a national charity alongside a network of independent local Age UKs, which deliver much of the face-to-face help. Its free Advice Line and local advisers carry out benefits checks and help older people complete claims, work that regularly turns up unclaimed Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance and help with housing costs. Local partners also offer home visits, befriending and practical services, while the national charity campaigns on pensioner poverty and energy costs.
Track record: Between 2011 and 2014 Age UK's winter warmth services supported 71,433 older people, identifying £71.99 million in extra benefits and providing home energy support to 15,969 households.
✓ Verified by our team on 11 July 2022
Giving in the United Kingdom
Long waits and stretched budgets connect most of the British causes here. Several respond to NHS waiting lists in England, including the more than 550,000 children and young people waiting for mental health support, while others address rough sleeping, food bank demand still far above pre-pandemic levels, unlawful evictions and winter warmth for low-income pensioners. Youth employment, foster care, regional theatres and rare genetic disease research round out the range, with established charities such as The Trussell Trust, St Mungo's, Shelter and Age UK as partners.
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