cold weather payment

foxxymynx

alexcross wrote: »

WHY oh why is everything so difficult to claim for?

It's the people with far too much to cope with in general day to day living that end up having to fight the hardest for stuff, treatment, benefits, equality etc etc, because it's assumed we won't fight back. IMO anyway lol

anguk

I've just checked our bank and OH has had a £25 cold weather payment put in this morning. We haven't had a letter or anything, it's just appearedin the bank.

I'm quite surprised we've got it to be honest because last year we got nothing and also the weather station they use for us is at least 15 miles away and we live alot higher up. We can be snowed in and about 5 degrees colder up here compared to the weather station they use.

It does seem unfair that it has to be 0 or below for 7 consecutive days, it could be -1 for six days, 1 degree for one day, then -1 for the next 6 days and you would get nothing!

Broken_hearted

We got one, nearly fainted with shock. Only need another £400 and I can pay this winters fuel bill.

jackssupermum

Brightness wrote: »

In 6 yrs of getting DLA (for 4 yrs I never knew I was entitled yet now I get higher rate of both) I have never had a payment. We do get very cold weather where I am though due to being in a dip just below the Cotswolds.

I am 'lucky' in that my hubby works and we have our own house (with a substantial mortgage) but then I always worked full time before becoming disabled so it's not as though we are 'rich'.

Anyway, what I suppose I am getting at is that I wish we could afford to have the heating on and I am more often than not found to be sat in the house wrapped in a fleece wearing my gloves as I am so cold due to my limited mobility. Surely, if this was something that affected government ministers then they would act on it immediately but I'll bet they are nice and warm in their lovely government offices.

Another bugbear is the way they work out EMA payments - they never take outgoings like mortgage into consideration when paying them out but that's a stopry for another thread, sorry!

im sure that everyone who gets dla gets an extra £10 every november/december in with the normal payment xx

foxxymynx

jackssupermum wrote: »

im sure that everyone who gets dla gets an extra £10 every november/december in with the normal payment xx

That's the Christmas Bonus payment.

jackssupermum

foxxymynx wrote: »

That's the Christmas Bonus payment.

ha ha shows you what i know then!!! thanks x:o :rotfl:

Dobiesmon

Hi
I have sent the powers that be an email asking about the cold weather payment as I get carers premium and income support , my son gets dla and incapacity benefit , but we have not received it .
my friends daughter has the same benefits as my son and it was paid into her bank .

tiannaleigh

Im a single parent on incapacity benifit,does anybody know if I will receive cold weather payment,my bill has just come in at £500 im gutted

Dobiesmon

Hi
We I tried to phone to find out about the payments and the runaround is !!!!!!!!I keep being given tel numbers and 7 in total so now going to have a cup of tea and try again still got no answers.

WELL after another few calls I phoned the helpline and was given another nu and was told no one has to claim it all benefits are scanned and those people who are entitled to get the £25 cold weather payment will be made direct into your bank in stages so give it another 2 weeks

mardatha

anguk, we're the same. I'm very high up and get a lot of snow, I dont knwo where they take the temp readings from. We are on benefots for the first time this winter and got all excited when we started reading this. It's worn off now though LOL!