"Each year around 20,000 more people aged 65 or over die in winter months than in other months. Last winter there were an estimated 25,400 excess winter deaths"
Saga are a key partner in the Surviving Winter Campaign, working with Community Foundation Network to raise vital funds to support the elderly people in communities across the UK.
Dr Ros Altmann, Director-General of Saga, says: "I am delighted to be supporting this brilliant initiative to help 'recycle' winter fuel payments from those who don't need them, to help pensioners who do. We feel it is important, as part of a caring society, to enable people who want to support those who are at risk of fuel poverty to keep warm and well this winter".
Click to View Interview with Julia Upton, Chief Executive, MK Community Foundation
Milton Keynes Citizen
To coincide with the campaign's national launch, we ran a full page feature in The Milton Keynes Citizen on Thursday 10th November click to view. The Citizen generously support the work of the MK Community Foundation.
Milton Keynes Citizen - November 24th
'Warm hearts will beat winter chill'
To view an online version of this edition of the Citizen, click here - article on P13.
BBC 3 Counties Radio
Julia Upton, Chief Executive of the MK Community Foundation was a guest on the Breakfast show on Tuesday 8th November to update listeners on the Surviving Winter Campaign and why it is so critical to support the elderly and vulnerable people in our community.
