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NEWS RELEASES ISSUED IN 2009
30 December 2009Poorly timed vat rise will force thousands into poverty
Poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care is warning of widespread job losses and businesses going bust when VAT returns to 17.5% on January 1 – right in the middle of the busiest sales period of the year.
21 December 2009
Lack of money means 13% of UK would rather spend christmas alone than visit family and friends empty-handed
The festive period is set to lose its sparkle this year, according to research by grant-giving charity Elizabeth Finn Care, which shows many people could be facing a lonely and isolated Christmas.
03 December 2009
UK has generation of 'NITS' with 51% banking on inheritance to survive
Sixty per cent of professionals aged 35-45 or 'NITS' (Need Inheritance To Survive) are banking on between 71 and 100 per cent of their parents' estates, but a major report out today reveals only a quarter of parents will be leaving that amount.
27 November 2009
Tea and Teardrops
Elizabeth Finn Care is holding a private launch for its book ‘Tea & Teardrops – How we survived the bad times’, featuring 27 autobiographies from celebrities accounting difficult times they have experienced in their lives and how they got through them.
The book features stories from household names such as Lynda Bellingham, Lionel Blair, Roy Hudd, Rebecca Adlington, Perry Fenwick, Simon Weston, Kate Adie and Rakie Ayola.
12 November 2009
Sign Elizabeth Finn Care’s Petition to Ensure The EU Imposed Tax on Mobility Scooters Is Not Passed onto the People Who Rely On Them
Mobility scooters now share the same classification as a F1 racing car. This means This means the UK will be forced to impose a 10% tax on all scooters entering its borders from outside Europe (nearly all are made in the Far East). In most cases, this cost will be passed on to the disabled consumer. Find out more and sign our petition.
Disabled adults are twice as likely to live in low-income households as non-disabled adults and two-fifths of adults aged 45-65 who are living on below-average incomes have a limiting, long-standing illness or disability.
29 October 2009
40% of Scots are struggling to afford to heat their homes
New research from the grant-giving charity Elizabeth Finn Care reveals that two fifths of people in Scotland are having difficulties covering the cost of heating their homes.
29 October 2009
57% of Irish people are struggling to afford to heat their homes
New research from the grant-giving charity Elizabeth Finn Care reveals that nearly three fifths of people in the Republic of Ireland are having difficulties covering the cost of heating their homes.
30 September 2009
Sister charities come together in face of growing public need
Elizabeth Finn Care and Turn2us, the charity it founded and funded, have joined together to form a single charity to more effectively help the 13 million people in the UK living in poverty.
11 September 2009
Elizabeth Finn Care to Feature in Ground-breaking Dispatches Programme
Reflecting on the experiences of leading grant-giving charity, Elizabeth Finn Care, award-winning documentary series, Dispatches will lift the lid on some of the biggest victims of this recession: the middle-class. The 1-hour long programme will screen next Monday (14th September) at 8pm on Channel 4.
12 August 2009
‘Missing unemployed’ at risk of becoming Britain's next generation of hidden poor
Elizabeth Finn Care is calling on the Government to remember the ‘missing unemployed’ and help them to avoid becoming Britain’s next generation of hidden poor.
16 July 2009
Care Green Paper July 09
We very much welcome the government’s launch of a consultation on the future of social care (Shaping the Future of Care Together), but are conscious that this is both overdue and of little consolation to many thousands of older people in the UK now, who are struggling to find the funds to cover the cost of increased longevity.
7 July 2009
M&S celebrating 125 years
M&S' biggest ever local charity fundraising campaign is in full swing as employees across the UK are aiming to raise £1.25million in 125 days for local community charities as part of the retailer's 125th anniversary celebrations.
30 June 2009
EU Aims To Class Mobility Scooters In The Same Category As A Racing Car
Grant-giving charity Elizabeth Finn Care, along with The Mobility Bureau, are appealing for common sense this week, as the EU are set to make law a reclassification Regulation, which will see the European Union’s Customs Code Committee classify a mobility scooter in the same league as a Formula 1 racing car.
1 June 2009
Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 years in Showbiz
Stars of stage of screen gather for celebratory luncheon at The Dorchester.
26 May 2009
Republic of Ireland's First Fundraising Event for Elizabeth Finn Care
Rockfield House in County Meath holds a tea party for Elizabeth Finn Care.
20 May 2009
The Lodge in Devon Toasts a Centenarian
Miss Margaret Ellen Howes of The Lodge Care Home in Devon celebrates her 100th birthday on Sunday the 31st of May.
13 May 2009
Elizabeth Finn Care Accredited with 'Investing in Volunteers' Award
National volunteering agency, Volunteering England awards Elizabeth Finn Care for its work with volunteers.
12 May 2009
The Lodge Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
The Mayor of Exeter and Sally Sedgman attend 50th anniversary luncheon for award-winning local care home.
8 May 2009
Big Tea Cosy Comes to Downing Street
Margaret Darling held a tea party at Number 11 Downing Street yesterday (7 May 2009), for Elizabeth Finn Care.
6 May 2009
Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 Years in Showbiz
Celebrate 60 years of Lionel Blair with a lunch at the Dorchester on 31st May 2009!
1 May 2009
Surfers Take Their Tea Out at Sea
Surfers from Watergate Bay's Extreme Academy supports The Big Tea Cosy by having a cup of tea out at sea.
22 April 2009
Budget Response 2009
Elizabeth Finn Care comments on how the Chancellor's announcements will impact on the 13 million men, women and children in the UK who are living at or near the poverty line.
21 April 2009
Celebrities Don Tea Cosies Over a Cuppa in a Good Cause
Lionel Blair, Burt Kwouk, Jenny Hanley and Francoise Pascal don tea cosies on their heads in a bid to encourage others to 'Wear a Tea Cosy to Work' on Friday 8 May.
16 April 2009
Mark Curry Reveals the Top Ten Children's TV Programmes
Former Blue Peter Presenter and Elizabeth Finn Care supporter, Mark Curry talks about the top children's TV shows of all time. He also discusses the importance of supporting the Big Tea Cosy.
16 April 2009
Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited Appoints New Chief Executive
Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited has appointed Carolynne Miller as its Chief Executive. Carolynne undertakes her appointment with immediate effect.
2 April 2009
Is anybody there?
As she prepares for the release of her new film, Sylvia Syms exposes the isolation of millions of Brits living in poverty.
23 March 2009
107-Year-Old to Take to the Track at Brands Hatch
Miss Dulcibella King-Hall, of Tunbridge Wells in Kent, is to celebrate her 107th birthday on Wednesday 25 March 2009 with a ride around the racing circuit at Brands Hatch.
23 March 2009
Letter from Lynda Bellingham
Lynda Bellingham pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy.
18 March 2009
Kate Adie Puts the Kettle on for Those in Need
Kate Adie pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy.
20 February 2009
Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 Years in Showbiz
Read Lionel Blair's interview in the Surry Life Magazine by clicking on the link above.
17 February 2009
Letter from June Whitfield
June Whitfield pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy.
13 February 2009
Over Two Thirds of the UK Will not Be Celebrating Valentine's Day
68 per cent of people who participated in a Valentine's Day survey for Elizabeth Finn Care revealed they won't be celebrating Valentine's Day due to money worries.
10 February 2009
Party Leaders Put the Kettle on for Elizabeth Finn Care
Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, Conservative Party Leader, David Cameron, Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg and the Mayor of London, Boris Johnson pledge support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy.
26 January 2009
Christmas Forces Over Ten Percent of the UK into Debt
More than seven million people went into debt this Christmas, a figure that has almost doubled from Christmas 2007.