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Winter fuel allowance appeal, full report
A couple in Leicester are encouraging those who do not need their winter fuel payment to donate it to charity. The payments are not means tested so this year everyone born before July 1951 will receive £100 regardless of their income.
Sue and Paul Newman set up the 125 winter fund in 2010 and since then have raised more than £30,000. Michael Sibert reports.
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Charity worker praises couple:"So valuable to the work we do over the winter"
Tessa Trace a charity worker for Age UK in Leicestershire says a couple encouraging people to donate their winter fuel allowance is so valuable to the work Age UK do over the winter months.
Calls to donate winter fuel allowance to those in need
A couple in Leicester are encouraging those who do not need their winter fuel payment to donate it to charity. The payments are not means tested so this year everyone born before July 1951 will receive £100 regardless of their income.
Sue and Paul Newman set up the 125 winter fund in 2010 and since then have raised more than £30,000.
As winter begins to bite and temperatures continue to fall heating a home is getting more difficult as the cost continues to rise. That is why the winter fuel payment is a lifeline for so many people.
The Age UK centre in Leicester provides hot meals and a place to meet up with friends for older people, and although for most, the winter fuel payment is important, for others it more of a luxury.
Sue and Paul Newman are one such couple. When they received their payment letter two years ago they realised others could benefit from it more than them.
So far they have raised more than £30,000 through the 125 Winter Fund.
They have split the money between Age UK's work to help older people through the winter and the Ourspace Appeal to help fund a children's and young people's cancer unit.
The money helps distribute food, warm clothes and blankets to older people across Leicestershire.
Age UK is one of six charities ITV's Text Santa Appeal is raising money for you can find out more here.
"The donors can do something" to help those who need it the most
Paul and Sue Newman have set up a charity that encourages pensioners who don't need their Winter Fuel allowance to donate it to those that do.
Last year they raised £30,000 for Age UK.
The Charity is called 125 Winter Fund and provides money to elderly people who have to decided whether to eat or stay warm because their £100 Winter Allowance isn't enough.
Couple raise £30,000 by encouraging others to donate their £100 winter fuel allowance
A couple from Leicester are calling on elderly peole who don't need their £100 winter fuel allowance to donate it to charity.
Paul and Sue Newman who run a capaign called 125 Winter Fund, raised more than £30,000 for Age UK last year.
This year, the couple are expecting to collect even more money which will be donated to either Leicester Royal Infirmary's Our Space Appeal for young cancer patients or Age UK in Leicestershire.
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Buckingham Palace bonfire, full report
Around 2,000 people turned out to watch a giant replica of Buckingham Palace go up in flames.
Retired scrap metal worker Eddie Heath spent 5 months creating the masterpiece for a charity bonfire evening. The event raised more than £11,000 for Staffordshire Air Ambulance. Balvinder Sidhu reports
Burning Buckingham Palace raises over £11,000
Around 2,000 people turned up to watch a replica of Buckingham Palace go up in flames.
The man who constructed the build, retired scrap metal worker, Eddie Heath spent 5 months creating the masterpiece for a charity bonfire evening.
Over £11,000 was raised for Staffordshire Air Ambulance during the evening.
The man behind the Buckingham Palace bonfire
Eddie Heath, from Dilhorne in Staffordshire, built the Buckingham Palace replica from a thousand wooden pallets donated by local companies.
In the past, he's built models of Big Ben, the Tower of London and the White House, but will now hang up his hammer.
Crowds enjoy Buckingham Palace bonfire
Friends and families enjoy the bonfire of a 23-feet high model of Buckingham Palace.
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