Help for the elderly or disabled?

 

Site visitor N Harper asks: "The UK Government has indicated that it will offer assistance to the disabled & pensioners regarding the Digital Switchover. Can you confirm this please, and if so, how do I go about making a claim?"

 

According to the official switchover site, there will be a scheme that will provide equipment and installation help to convert one TV set. This will be offered to people aged 75 years and over, as well as people with significant disabilities (such as those receiving attendance allowance or disability living allowance).

 

Those eligible for help will be sent more information well before their area goes digital.

 

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