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MAJOR SURVEY REVEALS MONEY WORRIES PUT STRAIN ON MUMS’ RELATIONSHIPS WITH THEIR LOVED ONES
10 March 2010
EIGHTY PER CENT of mums on a low family income said they felt guilty about how they brought up their children, according to a major survey released today.

Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos comments on the Turn2us and Home-Start Mumsnet research
10 March 2010
Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos comments on the Turn2us and Home-Start Mumsnet research which looked at how money worries affect mums’ relationships with their children and partners.

NEW PROJECT HELPS FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER FIVE
02 February 2010
Families with young children who are struggling to make ends meet are to receive personalised help to find grants and benefits available to them, thanks to a new project launched today.

GOVERNMENT FAILED TO GET COLD WEATHER PAYMENT TO THOUSANDS OF UK'S MOST VULNERABLE
04 February 2010
Elizabeth Finn Care has sent one-off payments of £50 to every family it helps after this winter’s recent cold snap dramatically increased their fuel costs.

GOVERNMENT MUST EXTEND WINTER FUEL ALLOWANCE TO DISABLED
11 January 2010
DISABLED people living in poverty are being left out in the cold and denied their basic rights of a Winter Fuel Allowance, according to anti-poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care.

HEAVY SNOW THREATENS TO LEAVE ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE STRANDED
06 January 2010
BRITAIN’S most vulnerable are being put at serious risk of food shortages, freezing temperatures and isolation due to heavy snowfall, anti-poverty charity Elizabeth Finn Care is warning.

POORLY TIMED VAT RISE WILL FORCE THOUSANDS INTO POVERTY
30 December 2009
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.

LACK OF MONEY MEANS 13% OF UK WOULD RATHER SPEND CHRISTMAS ALONE THAN VISIT FAMILY AND FRIENDS EMPTY-HANDED
21 December 2009
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.

UK HAS GENERATION OF 'NITS' WITH 51% BANKING ON INHERITANCE TO SURVIVE
03 December 2009
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.

Tea and Teardrops
27 November 2009
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.

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
12 November 2009
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.

40% of Scots are struggling to afford to heat their homes
29 October 2009
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.

57% of Irish people are struggling to afford to heat their homes
29 October 2009
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.

Sister charities come together in face of growing public need
30 September 2009
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.

Elizabeth Finn Care to Feature in Ground-breaking Dispatches Programme
11 September 2009
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.

‘MISSING UNEMPLOYED’ AT RISK OF BECOMING BRITAIN'S NEXT GENERATION OF HIDDEN POOR
12 August 2009
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.

Care Green Paper July 09
16 July 2009
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.

M&S celebrating 125 years
7 July 2009
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.

Eu Aims To Class Mobility Scooters In The Same Category As A Racing Car
30 June 2009
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.

Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 years in Showbiz
1 June 2009
Stars of stage of screen gather for celebratory luncheon at The Dorchester

Republic of Ireland's First Fundraising Event for Elizabeth Finn Care
26 May 2009
Rockfield House in County Meath holds a tea party for Elizabeth Finn Care

The Lodge in Devon Toasts a Centenarian
20 May 2009
Miss Margaret Ellen Howes of The Lodge Care Home in Devon celebrates her 100th birthday on Sunday the 31st of May.

Elizabeth Finn Care Accredited with 'Investing in Volunteers' Award
13 May 2009
National volunteering agency, Volunteering England awards Elizabeth Finn Care for its work with volunteers.

The Lodge Celebrates its 50th Anniversary
12 May 2009
The Mayor of Exeter and Sally Sedgman attend 50th anniversary luncheon for award-winning local care home.

Big Tea Cosy Comes to Downing Street
8 May 2009
Margaret Darling held a tea party at Number 11 Downing Street yesterday (7 May 2009), for Elizabeth Finn Care.

Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 Years in Showbiz
6 May 2009
Celebrate 60 years of Lionel Blair with a lunch at the Dorchester on 31st May 2009!

Surfers Take Their Tea Out at Sea
1 May 2009
Surfers from Watergate Bay's Extreme Academy supports The Big Tea Cosy by having a cup of tea out at sea

Budget Response 2009
22 April 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

Celebrities Don Tea Cosies Over a Cuppa in a Good Cause
21 April 2009
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.

Mark Curry Reveals the Top Ten Children's TV Programmes
16 April 2009
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.

Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited Appoints New Chief Executive
16 April 2009
Elizabeth Finn Homes Limited has appointed Carolynne Miller as its Chief Executive.  Carolynne undertakes her appointment with immediate effect.

Is anybody there?
2 April 2009
As she prepares for the release of her new film, Sylvia Syms exposes the isolation of millions of Brits living in poverty.

107-Year-Old to Take to the Track at Brands Hatch
23 March 2009
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

Letter from Lynda Bellingham
23 March 2009
Lynda Bellingham pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy

Kate Adie Puts the Kettle on for Those in Need
18 March 2009
Kate Adie pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy

Lionel Blair Celebrates 60 Years in Showbiz
20 February 2009
Read Lionel Blair's interview in the Surry Life Magazine by clicking on the link above

Letter from June Whitfield
17 February 2009
June Whitfield pledges support for Elizabeth Finn Care's Big Tea Cosy

Over Two Thirds of the UK Will not Be Celebrating Valentine's Day
13 February 2009
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

Party Leaders Put the Kettle on for Elizabeth Finn Care
10 February 2009
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

Christmas Forces Over Ten Percent of the UK into Debt 
26 January 2009
More than seven million people went into debt this Christmas, a figure that has almost doubled from Christmas 2007

Poor to Face a Lonely Christmas
16 December 2008
New research released by Elizabeth Finn Care reveals that over six and a half million people in the UK will be spending Christmas 2008 alone due to financial restraints

Win a Tea for Two With Lionel Blair
3 December 2008
Elizabeth Finn Care launches website competition at www.lionelblaironice.co.uk with a winning prize of a tea for two with Lionel Blair

Students Need a Degree of Hope
25 November 2008
University undergraduates no longer believe that an education and qualifications guarantee financial success in later life

Disability Poverty Research
10 November 2008
New research launched by Elizabeth Finn Care shows that two thirds of the UK population doesn't believe that everyone claiming disability allowance deserves it