£100? - I can't be bothered.
By Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14645)
Ireland
April 17, 2026 9:07am CST
Because I'm classed as elderly (67 and five quarters of a year old) and my income is relatively modest, it looks like I will be eligible for a £100 voucher from the government with which to buy heating fuel, although I can't get it until the summer when I'll not need to heat anything.
Every year pensioners get a heating payment, £200 last year, and it arrives automatically in our bank accounts. This new £100 comes not as cash but in the form of a voucher, and it comes as a result of eye-watering rises in the cost of heating oil because some idiot started a war somewhere.
The voucher has to be applied for rather than being given automatically. I think the government is counting on a lot of people not being bothered to apply or not knowing about it.
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@Traceyjayne (10357)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr
I love the way you express your age …..
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@Traceyjayne (10357)
• United Kingdom
17 Apr
@xFiacre why have you chosen that particular age ?
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@xFiacre (14645)
• Ireland
17 Apr
@Traceyjayne I think it sounds nice and bouncy.
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@celticeagle (188376)
• Boise, Idaho
17 Apr
Do the elderly even know about this voucher? Here there are several things that seniors can get but many don't know about them.
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@DaddyEvil (172922)
• United States
17 Apr
I was old enough this last winter (62) to get some government help paying our heating bill. By the time the money actually went to the gas company, we were already almost through the winter. So we have money left over in our gas account to start next year with.
I've already applied for help this summer paying our cooling bill. Hopefully, since we had all kinds of stuff done to our house last summer, our cooling bills shouldn't be too high.
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@DaddyEvil (172922)
• United States
17 Apr
@xFiacre We're already running the air conditioner. We've had a few days that were 29C or higher. I'm worried we'll have a really hot summer this year.
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@xFiacre (14645)
• Ireland
17 Apr
@daddyevil Cooling bills - there’s something we don’t have in Ireland.
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@snowy22315 (206647)
• United States
17 Apr
Most people seem to overlook things they might be entitled to.
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