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This Heat-Health Alert action card summarises the suggested actions that providers of health or social care should consider at each Heat-Health Alert level.

• Updated: 18 February 2025

Get help with your energy bills through the Warm Home Discount, home energy improvement schemes and the Energy Bills Discount Scheme for businesses.

• If you're on benefits or have a low income

  If you’re on benefits or have a low income you may be eligible for: the…

Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief

• Overview

  There is a wide range of disability-related financial support, including…

• Disability and sickness benefits

  Disability Living Allowance for children Disability Living Allowance for…

• Vehicles and transport

  You’ll need to meet the legal obligations for drivers before you can…

• Home and housing

  Direct Payments - arranging your own care and services If you’ve been…

• On a low income

  Universal Credit You may be able to get Universal Credit if you’re on a…

• Television licence discount

  You can get 50% off the cost of your TV licence if either: you’re…

• VAT relief for disabled people

  If you’re disabled or have a long-term illness, you will not be charged…

• Work-related injuries or illness

  Industrial Injuries Disablement Benefit You may be entitled to get…

• Armed forces compensation

  You can claim for compensation if while serving in the armed forces: you…

How using low carbon fuels can reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions.

• Updated: 19 December 2024

Check which electric (plug-in) and hybrid vans, trucks and motorbikes are available for a grant.

Get help with savings if you're on a low income (Help to Save) - how it works, what you'll get, eligibility, how it affects your benefits and how to apply online.

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

Low Newton is a prison and young offender institution (YOI) in Brasside, near Durham, for women aged 18 and over.

• Updated: 15 April 2025

Information on, and how to apply for, incentive payments within the low-carbon off-grid energy sector.

• Updated: 26 August 2014

Universal Credit is replacing 6 other benefits with a single monthly payment if you're out of work or on a low income - eligibility, how to prepare.