From the ‘Brain Disease Charity’ Lyme disease awareness grows as celebrities share their stories Famous faces including Justin Bieber and Alec Baldwin have revealed their experiences with the bacterial infection. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection …
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LOOKING AFTER YOUR LUNGS IN HOT WEATHER
From Asthma + Lung UK Summer heatwaves and hot weather can affect anyone. But if you have a long-term lung condition, you’re more at risk of the heat affecting you. Hot weather can cause your …
Continue readingINSURANCES THAT RAISE MONEY FOR CHARITIES
INSURANCES WITH A CAUSE Life Insurance Proud to be supporting Caudwell LymeCo. On average £153 will be donated for every policy purchased** Essential Insurance – Life Insurance, Critical Illness Cover & Income Protection. Cover from under £10 per …
Continue readingDISABLED PEOPLE MAKE UP NEARLY HALF OF THE MOST DEPRIVED WORKING-AGE ADULTS IN THE COUNTRY
Disabled people make up nearly half of the most deprived working-age adults in the country Important new research examining the living standards and health of working-age disabled people and disability benefit claimants in the UK …
Continue readingOVERALL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE WINNER: TOMMY’S
There are 250,000 miscarriages in the UK every year, and Black women are at a 40% increased risk chance of miscarriage compared to white women. Yet, before Tommy’s Miscarriage Matters campaign, women needed to miscarry …
Continue readingBENEFITS FOR PEOPLE AFFECTED BY DEMENTIA
From the ‘Alzheimer’s Society’ If you are living with dementia, or caring for someone with the condition, you may be eligible for some benefits if dementia affects your ability to work, or if you have …
Continue readingMORE THAN A MILLION UNPAID CARERS IN THE UK LIVING BELOW THE POVERTY LINE, RESEARCH FINDS.
The Carers Trust say that strain on the social care system, rising living costs and increased demand for care mean the situation for unpaid carers is worsening. Millions of unpaid carers across the country are …
Continue readingBENEFITS IF YOU ARE CARING FOR SOMEONE
Browse: Benefits and financial support if you’re caring for someone Find out what you could get Benefits calculators Check benefits and financial support you can get Benefits and financial support Carer’s Allowance Carer’s Credit Universal …
Continue readingELIGIBLE PENSIONERS URGED TO CLAIM PENSION CREDIT TO HELP WITH COST OF LIVING
Pensioners and their loved ones are being urged to take up Pension Credit as new figures show an estimated £1.7 billion in benefit is being left unclaimed. Guy Opperman MP – Parliamentary Under-Secretary State at …
Continue readingDWP RULE CHANGE COULD SEE UNIVERSAL CREDIT CLAIMANTS MADE TO WORK LONGER HOURS
A new Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) rule change could see thousands of Universal Credit claimants made to work longer hours. Work and Pensions Secretary Therese Coffey said she expected the change to come …
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