2nd September
NEW Cost-of-living Grants Fund - Phase 1 application form open between 1st September and 16th September
In response to the cost-of-living crisis Independent Age are looking to provide 25 grants of £40,000 (£1million total) to charities and community organisations to get more money into the pockets of older people and help ensure they do not have to choose between buying food to eat and heating their home this winter. Projects must be in addition to or an extension of existing work – we cannot fund business-as-usual projects.
This fund will support projects like:
- advice and information initiatives – such as helplines, drop-in sessions or community outreach work – that provide guidance to establish whether someone is entitled to relevant benefits
- active support programmes that, through guidance to fill in forms and the like, help over 65s to claim benefits they are entitled to
- budgeting advice and/or support to access better energy deals
- debt advice, where an organisation is appropriately registered to give this
- short-term help, such as access to grants to deal with one-off costs or emergencies or subsidised property maintenance, for older people already struggling financially.
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