Winter Fuel Payment - which charity?

capital0ne

Most of us old hands here on MSE, we're well past our SP age, that offer advice to the youngsters still working and building their pension pots get a Winter Fuel Payment of £200 each year.

Because we were all in FS pensions and we had it so good in the 70's - 10's we're all far better off than when we were working so we don't need a WFP.

So mine goes to charity, at Christmas I donate to mine to https://www.crisis.org.uk/ who do you donate yours to?

Merry Christmas everyone :beer:

Ganga

capital0ne wrote: »

Most of us old hands here on MSE, we're well past our SP age, that offer advice to the youngsters still working and building their pension pots get a Winter Fuel Payment of £200 each year.

Because we were all in FS pensions and we had it so good in the 70's - 10's we're all far better off than when we were working so we don't need a WFP.

So mine goes to charity, at Christmas I donate to mine to https://www.crisis.org.uk/ who do you donate yours to?

Merry Christmas everyone :beer:

Well i am not in a FS pension so do keep my winter fuel payment.
But well done you for giving yours to charity.

TadleyBaggie

I'm a FS pensioner but will be spending my winter fuel payment on rounds of golf.

mrschaucer

capital0ne wrote: »

Because we were all in FS pensions and we had it so good in the 70's - 10's we're all far better off than when we were working so we don't need a WFP.

So mine goes to charity, at Christmas I donate to mine to https://www.crisis.org.uk/

Some of us come on to this site because we are interested in money saving and DO need a WFP. Good for you though.

Mnd

If you are a tax payer do you gift aid your donation?

Silvertabby

We give £100 each to two family members who are not quite as comfortable as we are.

AnotherJoe

Silvertabby wrote: »

We give £100 each to two family members who are not quite as comfortable as we are.

Buy them a better sofa

LadyDee

I've always wondered why two people, hence two incomes, both get £200, so a total of £400, and one person with one income only gets the one £200.

It generally costs just the same to heat a home with two as with one. So I think the winter payment should be per household,.

Logen

LadyDee wrote: »

I've always wondered why two people, hence two incomes, both get £200, so a total of £400, and one person with one income only gets the one £200.

It generally costs just the same to heat a home with two as with one. So I think the winter payment should be per household,.

Two people who live together and qualify get £100 each, so effectively £200 for the household.
Unless one or both are over 80.
See:
https://www.gov.uk/winter-fuel-payment/what-youll-get

capital0ne

TadleyBaggie wrote: »

I'm a FS pensioner but will be spending my winter fuel payment on rounds of golf.

I'm sure people you donate this to will really appreciate a round of golf, well done.

capital0ne

LadyDee wrote: »

I've always wondered why two people, hence two incomes, both get £200.....

It's already been mentioned but we don't get £200, I don't understand why you would think that!