Independent Age offers free training to share knowledge and upskill frontline staff who support older people in their communities.
Our training courses
Housing costs – rent, mortgage and service charges (virtual)
This 60-minute online course (via Teams) aims to give frontline workers an overview of support for housing costs, including Housing Benefit and Support for Mortgage Interest.
Read more about our housing costs training
Winterwise: Supporting older people in winter (virtual)
This 45-minute online course (using Teams) aims to give frontline workers an introductory overview of ways to support older people this winter.
Read more about Winterwise training
Key Benefits for People Over State Pension Age (PC, AA, PADP, ET) (virtual)
This 1hour 55 minutes online course (using Teams) aims to give frontline workers an introductory overview of Pension Credit, Attendance Allowance, Pension Age Disability Payment and entitledto. We’ll also be demonstrating how to use the online benefits calculator from entitledto.
Read about Key Benefits for People Over State Pension Age and book
Carer’s Allowance and Carer Support Payment (virtual)
This 45-minute online course (using Teams) aims to give frontline workers an introductory overview of Carer’s Allowance and Carer Support Payment.
Reach about Carer’s Allowance and Carer Support Payment and book
Council Tax: Discounts and disregards (virtual)
This 45-minute online course (using Teams) aims to give frontline workers an introductory overview of Council Tax.
Read more about Council Tax training and book
Reaching State Pension Age – What happens to benefits? (virtual)
This 1 hour online course (via Teams) aims to give frontline workers an overview of what happens to welfare benefits when someone reaches State Pension age.
Read more about Reaching State Pension Age and Benefits and book
Please contact Independent Age at advice.training@independentage.org with any questions or queries you may have.
