Our easy-to-follow ‘Winterwise’ advice guide (Winterwise advice guide| Independent Age) is full of advice and information to help older people stay healthy and safe in the colder months, including practical advice on how to manage costs during the winter and what support is available, if they’re struggling.
This guide has been produced to help older people through the coming winter months and offers practical tips and essential information on three key aspects:
– Staying warm – providing information and advice to help older people keep themselves and their homes warm this winter, like financial support that they could access to help them with their energy costs
– Staying safe – focusing on home safety advice for older people, including fire safety, what to do if they have a fall, or how to spot and report scams
– Staying well – tips and advice on mental health and wellbeing, keeping active and eating well, information on food banks and community warm spaces
If anyone is interested in ordering the guide, this can be done via our website – orders can be placed here: Winterwise advice guide| Independent Age . The process is straightforward and all guidance is also available on our website. Alternatively, free copies of the guide can also be ordered by calling our freephone 0800 319 6789 (Helpline team), Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 5.30pm. Anyone can order as many copies of the guide as they’d need, at no cost.
Who we are and what we do:
Independent Age is a national charity providing support for older people facing financial hardship.
We offer free and impartial advice and information and grants for community organisations. We use the knowledge and understanding gained from our frontline services to highlight the issues experienced by older people who are facing financial insecurity and to campaign for change.
One of the ways we support older people is through our free advice guides.
The information in our advice guides is clear, accurate, up-to-date and reliable. Independent Age is a certified member of the PIF TICK – a quality mark scheme for organisations that produce health information. You can read more about our guides and how we produce our information here: How we produce our information | Independent Age, Advice guides, factsheets and leaflets | Independent Age
More information about our organisation and the support we provide to older people can be found on our website: www.independentage.org