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We’re contacting residents who are missing out on Pension Credit
25th October 2024
From 4th November we’re calling Hackney pensioners on low incomes to help them to claim Pension Credit.Pension Credit gives you extra money to help with your living costs if you're over State Pension age and on a low income. To get the Winter Fuel Payment for this year, you need to be receiving Pension Credit.Why we’re callingOn average Pension Credit provides an income boost of £3,900 a year. However nationally up to 880,000 pensioners miss out on this income as it goes unclaimed.We’re contacting pensioners who we think will qualify for Pension Credit if they claim it. We want to help Hackney pensioners to make this claim so that they’re not missing out on any of the support that they’re entitled to.When we call you won’t need to have lots of information at hand. Instead we can give you more information so that you can claim Pension Credit or we can arrange for you to speak to an advisor at a later date. The appointment with an advisor might be over the phone or in person.Make a claimIf you’ve had a text or a letter from us and would rather make a claim yourself online you can do so here: Pension Credit - How to claim.You can also claim over the phone. A friend or family member can call for you if you cannot use the phone.Pension Credit claim lineTelephone: 0800 99 1234 (lines are open Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm)You should ask for your claim to be backdated so that your entitlement can be assessed from the earliest possible date.What happens nextAfter you claim Pension Credit the Pension Service will let you know if you are eligible and how much you will receive. If you qualify, payments will be made to your bank account. If the Pension Service backdates your claim you may also qualify for the Winter Fuel Payment.If you qualify for Pension Credit you will also qualify for:Free NHS dental treatment, help with the cost of glasses and transport to hospitalA free TV licence if you’re over 75Cold weather payments during periods of extremely cold weather
Downham Road to get new rain gardens, play features and more pavement space
24th October 2024
Downham Road in De Beauvoir is set to be transformed with rain gardens, play features like stepping stones, a new zebra crossing, speed tables and a chicane to help reduce vehicle speeds. The plans were informed by the views of hundreds of local people in consultation, who took part in drop-in sessions on options for the road and a subsequent consultation on a recommended design. They also include a boost in pavement space, two electric vehicle charging points, 15 metres of cycle parking and a car club bay for people who use car sharing services. Along with the biodiversity benefits from more trees, rain gardens and greenery, the plans are expected to improve road safety for people using the road. Over one hundred people took part in drop ins, with travel consultants Steer using the feedback and a scoring process to select a preferred design for the road. This was then opened to public consultation, with 56% of 421 respondents strongly agreeing or agreeing with the proposals for Downham Road. 39% strongly disagreed or disagreed, with 5% saying they weren’t sure. Construction on the stretch of Downham Road between the A10 and De Beauvoir Road is expected to begin in February 2025, and is expected to be completed by April 2025. An alternative design with cycle lanes was considered by residents at the drop-in stages, but the design with planting, play features and more pavement space was preferred by the community. This design means a shorter distance for pedestrians crossing Downham Road, and allows more greening and play to be included in the design, which would not be possible if the space was taken up by cycle lanes. A long-established cycle route, now part of TfL Cycleway 27, also exists 200m away, which provides a safer crossing of the A10. An existing School Street on Enfield Road provides a low traffic connection to Cycleway 27 before and after school times. Read the decision report, which includes detailed plans for the road.