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Older Persons' Advice Project (OPAP)
Wishaw and District Housing Association are pleased to be working in partnership with The Older Persons' Advice Project (OPAP) which is an initiative aimed at providing money advice for our tenants aged 60 and over. It is managed by Linkwide in partnership with a number of other Housing Associations and is funded by the Scottish Government, the Coalfields Regeneration Trust, the Falkirk Community Planning Partnership and the project partners.
The service provided by OPAP is free of charge and has three main aims:
- To ensure that older tenants are receiving all benefits and tax credits which they are entitled to.
- To provide advice, information and if necessary, a referral to other agencies in the local area.
- To gather information on older peoples' specific needs and issues through a questionnaire.
All information provided will be treated in confidence.
The Association has offered this service since July 2008 and has received some very positive feedback.
The team of friendly advisors, who are the point of contact for our tenants, from left to right are Gill Thomson, Audrey Anderson, Christine Morrison, Paula Salcedas and Gail McKenzie.
If you hear from OPAP, please take the time to respond and meet with them even if you do not think they can help.
You have nothing to lose and you may have much to gain.
