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The Universal Beneficent Society

6 Avonmore Road
London
W14 8RL

Tel: 020 7605 4263
Web: www.u-b-s.org.uk

UBS, The Universal Beneficent Society, is a charity which helps older people in the UK who are living on very low incomes.

They help older people in desperate need, regardless of their ethnic origin, background and religious affiliation. The Universal Beneficent Society is a national charity, founded in 1857, with Charles Dickens as a founder member. The original aim was to 'assist financially all those in need with no distinction of class or creed'.

Today UBS concentrates its help on people over the age of 65 who are living in difficult circumstances. UBS helps over 1,000 older people in the UK, who are living in their own homes (rented or owned), and are struggling on low incomes.

The number of older people in the UK is ever increasing. Research has shown that more than half of single pensioners in the country are in financial difficulties and are unable to achieve an acceptable and comfortable standard of living. Hardship among vulnerable older people is often accompanied by social exclusion, loneliness, anxiety, illness and mobility problems. UBS aims to tackle these issues.

They:
  • Provide a small regular additional income, every quarter.
  • Award emergency grants for example, to pay for unexpected bills, household items/repairs, medical equipment.
  • Work to give the people they help a sense of belonging to the UBS family, by visits from local volunteers, where possible.
  • Produce a regular newsletter advising on healthcare matters and giving UBS news.
  • Give hampers and cash gifts at Christmas.
  • Issue bedding packs to new beneficiaries, to keep out the cold and reduce the risk of hypothermia.

 
Checked: November 2006










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PS - Health and Poverty

Perhaps the biggest cause of ill health in the world is poverty. Help to Make Poverty History. For example, why not lend some of your money to disadvantaged communities to enable them to trade their way out of poverty through schemes such as Shared Interest.

See also MAKEPOVERTYHISTORY North East for details and links to campaigns against poverty.

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