Winter Fuel Payments were introduced in 1997 to help everyone of State Pension age with their heating bills.
However, in July 2024 the Chancellor announced that for the first time it would be means-tested.
This E-Learning course looks at:
- entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payments for 2024
- the important dates and deadlines
- hints and tips about Pension Credit (one of the qualifying benefits for the WFP).
Aimed at: front line staff working with older people and anyone who wants to know
more about entitlement to the Winter Fuel Payment.
With a quick final quiz at the end so you can test yourself on what you have learned.
It will take you approx. 45 mins to complete the course, once started you can move around the course.
NOTE: If you get logged out of the website, the course won't re-resume where you left it - but you can go straight to where you were by using the menu in the top left hand corner.
If the course doesn't start automatically - please click on the 'restart' button.