This year we’re aiming to raise £162,500 to help Age UK make winter warmer for thousands of older people across the UK.

We want to make winter better for older people – people who may otherwise have nowhere to turn. For every hat kintted, 25p will be donated to Age UK to help make winter warmer for older people in your local community. Your hats will fund a range of winter initiatives – including home visits, befriending and a number of winter events, such
as practical workshops giving older people new
skills to cope in the cold weather.

Together we can reach over 350,000 people this winter who desperately
need our help to keep warm and in touch with others.

(1) Mid-2009 Population Estimates UK Office for National Statistics, 2010 / (2) One Voice: Shaping our ageing society, Age Concern and Help the Aged, 2009 / (3)Loneliness, Social Isolation and Living Alone in Later Life, C. Victor et al., 2003 / (4) GfK/ NOP Help Unite Generations (HUG) survey for Help the Aged, 2005.