Applying for Winter Fuel Payment

With the cold weather right upon us MLA Cathal Boylan is urging the elderly in Newry to apply for the Winter Fuel Payment.

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Applications can be made via phone 0345 915 15 15 or online at www.nidirect.gov.uk but the MLA asks anyone with any queries to get in touch with his constituency office on 028 37511797 

Commenting the Assembly representative said "The scheme is designed to assist pensioners to meet the cost of heating their homes during the colder winter period. It can be a massive help to those who cannot afford the extra cost of energy needed in their homes during the winter months, to provide heat and prepare food"

Winter Fuel Payment is not means tested and you can get it if you have reached the qualifying age if you were born before 5 May 1953, regardless if you are claiming a benefit or working.