You may give yourself the best chance to be warm and healthy during winter by following a number of guidelines. From the UK Health Security Agency, here is some excellent advice. Winter is a tough time for many, so we hope it helps.
Staying Well This Winter – Get A Flu Jab
It is free if you belong to a qualifying group because you require it. If you are older, pregnant, or suffer from a chronic illness, your risk increases.
Try To Stay Warm
The ideal temperature for your home should be at least 18 °C. Insulating your home can help you stay warm and healthy. Doing so can also help lower your heating expenses. To increase the energy efficiency of your home, your heating system, or get help paying your costs help is available. There are grants, perks, and sources of information available. Learn more about insulating your home during winter online.
Look Out For Each Other
Very small children, older neighbours and relatives, those with heart and lung diseases, and older people are particularly vulnerable to the cold. Because of this, it’s crucial that we all take precautions to ensure their safety and health. This applies to all those who are at risk. To provide them with food and supplies of medication so they won’t have to venture outside in bitterly cold weather. And to encourage them to heed all of the blog’s various pieces of advice.
Get Support If You Need It
Making a claim for what you are due is valuable.
A tax-free incentive of up to £300 for heating expenses we know as the winter fuel payment. This year, those who were born on or before May 5, 1953, are eligible. Your age, whether you live alone, whether you receive Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker’s or Employment and Support Allowances, and other factors will all affect how much you receive.
A cold weather payment the government provides during extremely cold spells to assist in covering additional heating expenses. Your local average temperature must be reported or predicted to be below zero degrees for seven consecutive days. If you receive Jobseeker’s Allowance, Pension Credit, Income Support, or Child Tax Credit with a disability component, you may be eligible.
Low-income and vulnerable households are assisted through the Warm Home Discount Scheme with their energy expenditures. A particular consumer will receive a £140 discount on their power bill from participating energy firms, in addition to savings for a larger group of low-income customers.
Priority Assistance
For those who are elderly, disabled, or whose medical or mobility equipment requires electricity, water and power providers offer this free service.
Staying Well This Winter – Heating
Don’t forget to have competent professionals inspect your heating system on a regular basis, and if you have open fires, make sure they are adequately ventilated. To lower the danger of carbon monoxide poisoning, you should have cooking and heating equipment that burns fossil fuels or wood serviced at least once a year. You might need to remind your landlord that they are required by law to have the property’s gas system inspected once a year. In any room with a gas or solid fuel burning device, install an audible carbon monoxide alarm that complies with European Standard EN50291.
