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Landlord Disrepair

Responsibility for Repair: If you live in rented accommodation, you landlord will be responsible for most major repairs, such as: · The structure (walls, roofs, windows, doors, etc.) · Sinks, baths and toilets · Pipes and wiring · Heating, hot water and the boiler...

Heating & Water Bill Tips

Consumer, Housing

Heating & Water Bills: Is your home cold? · Use thermal curtains and draught-proofing to retain heat, blocking up unused chimneys and lagging pipes · Have your boiler serviced to make sure it’s working at its best · Understand how to use your heating system · Zone...

Home Safety

Care, Housing, Uncategorized

The Blue Lamp Trust – The Bobby Scheme: The Blue Lamp Trust is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and enhancing community safety throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. All our profits support the work of the Bobby Scheme, a free service which...

Finding A New Home

Family, Housing

Housing Options & Advice: The Housing and Family Support Service offers free and impartial housing advice to anyone who requires it, regardless of their tenure or status, or whether they occupy accommodation or provide it. Whether you own your home and are having...

Help Through Crisis

Benefits, Family, Health Information, Housing, Legal

Help Through Crisis (HTC) aims to assist Island residents who are in genuine hardship, enabling them to quickly access help in an emergency. There is a limited fund to provide immediate emergency help with food, gas and electricity. This can only be offered to those...

Falls Prevention

Housing

A fall may be defined as “an untoward event” which results in a patient coming to rest on the ground or other surface. Everyone can be at risk of having a fall, but older adults are more vulnerable than others. This is mainly due to long term health conditions that...