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Heat and light: wealthy pensioners who decline their winter fuel allowance should be applauded
The Times, 18 November 2011, leading article
The growing campaign for well-off pensioners to recycle their winter fuel allowance for the benefit of their poorer contemporaries is laudable, and not just for the obvious reason that those who really need extra money to heat their homes will receive more cash. Some of the several thousand senior citizens who die each winter in part because of fuel poverty will now survive. ...
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Rise in fuel debt as householders struggle to keep warm
The Guardian, 18 November 2011
A campaign has been launched to enable wealthier pensioners to donate their winter fuel payments to those who are struggling to keep warm. The Surviving Winter appeal is backed by groups including the Community Foundation Network and Saga. The "fuel-anthropy" initiative was previously piloted in Somerset, and organisers are rolling it out on a UK-wide scale this year. Over-50s group Saga said 25,400 older people died in the UK last year due to the cold
Plea for pensioners to spare winter fuel cash to help needy
Daily Express, 16 November 2011
Better-off pensioners are being urged to “recycle” their winter fuel allowance to help those in greater need.
A scheme launched nationwide for the first time yesterday will enable them to pass on the Government cash to other pensioners who may struggle to pay their bills this winter.
The Surviving Winter Appeal is co-ordinated by the Community Foundation Network which last year ran a successful project in Somerset.
Economic gloom: every bit of hope helps
The Guardian, 17 November 2011
Surviving Winter appeal is one of many micro-ideas floating around that are worth encouraging.
Energy help ‘needed by the vulnerable’ says Saga chief
Daily Mirror, 16 November
Elderly and vulnerable people need as much help as possible to ensure they stay warm during the cold winter months as they struggle with rising gas and electricity prices.
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