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PENSION CREDIT

You might be eligible for Guarantee Credit

• If you have reached state pension age

• if your weekly income is less than £218.15 Single person

• if your weekly income is less than £332.95 couple

Even if your income is higher than the above you may still be entitled

• if you’re a carer

• if you have a severe disability

• if you have certain housing costs such as service charge

• you have a child or young person who lives with you

You might get Savings credit

• if you reached pension age before 6.4.2016

This very much depends on savings that you have and usually applies for savers with smaller amounts (less than £10000)

To claim Pension credit - Claim on line at GOV.UK
Or
0800 99 1234 (Mon- Fri 8am-6pm)
You will need:- 

NI number
Bank account details
Information about income/savings/ investments
Information about your pension
Details re housing costs (mortgage, interest payments service charge rent)
Partners details

There are 3 of us on the committee who would be happy to help you—
Jackie Williams, Pauline Finch, Anne Lancaster

Our donations to the food bank are very gratefully received.  You can continue to donate in most supermarkets and we will be organising another collection this year 

A response following our donation in May 2025 - 

Hi Jacqueline, 

Thanks for dropping in this morning with the fantastic donation. 

We were so short of some of those items that you brought in that they have gone straight out in to food parcels today! 

Please do pass on our thanks to everyone at the Crab and Winkle WI group. We really are very grateful for the support. If ever anyone wants to come and have a look around the warehouse to see the impact donations like that make please do let me know. 

Best wishes. 

FIRE SAFETY

Kent Fire & Rescue
Offer a free safety check. They will advice you as to any changes you need to make to
improve fire safety in our home. This includes fitting Fire Alarms (FREE)
The criteria to access this is that you are over 70 years of age or have a disability/chronic illness

It is brilliant (Pauline Finch)
Phone 0800 923 7000
Or email
www.kent.fire-uk.org/homesafety