Age UK and BlackRock Foundation launch £1m tie-up to help older people

Partnership will see BlackRock fund two-year benefits entitlement checks programme

Jonathan Stapleton
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Age UK and BlackRock Foundation launch £1m tie-up to help older people

Age UK and The BlackRock Foundation have announced a £1m partnership to fund a two-year benefits entitlement checks programme that will aim to identify £8m in unclaimed benefits for older people living in areas with high levels of deprivation.

The programme will support the delivery of benefit checks to 4,000 older people across the UK via Age Scotland, Age Northern Ireland, and local Age UKs including Sheffield, East London, Norwich, an...

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