'Boosting Advice' fund – £3.1 million awarded to 19 charities across England, Scotland and Wales
In July 2024, Independent Age awarded a total of £3.1 million of funding to support advice-focused organisations helping older people in financial hardship.
This three-year funding was distributed in a number of targeted areas in the UK to help increase the local reach and provision of advice and support available. View the full list of the funded projects on the map below.
Many thanks to the John Laing Charitable Trust for their contribution to this fund.
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Boosting Advice grant recipients
Scotland
Hamilton & District Citizens Advice Bureau (Partnership project with Clydesdale Citizens Advice Bureau and East Kilbride Citizens Advice Bureau)
Coatbridge Citizens Advice Bureau
Bradford
The Girlington Centre
Merseyside
Merseyside Law Centre
Raise Ltd
Citizens Advice Liverpool
St Andrew’s Community Network
Wales
Citizens Advice Swansea Neath Port Talbot
City Hospice
Speakeasy Law Centre
Care & Repair Western Bay
Age Cymru West Glamorgan
West Midlands
Bangladeshi Islamic Association (in partnership with eight other organisations in the Sandwell Consortium)
Refugee & Migrant Centre
Age UK Birmingham
London
Roma Support Group
Carers Centre Tower Hamlets
The Bromley by Bow Centre
East End Citizens Advice Bureaux

What we want to achieve
For us, an improved life means increased financial wellbeing, enabling greater choice and independence. This fund will help advice organisations that can make a difference around the themes of income and costs, and so improve older people’s financial wellbeing.
- Income – Older people facing financial hardship will have sufficient income and receive the financial support they're entitled to – for example, Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance and Carers Allowance.
- Costs – Older people facing financial hardship are protected from unfair or unavoidable costs. This might include work around reducing bills, support with housing repairs, dealing with rent increases, and supporting older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
