Holiday scheme for pensioners

PENSIONERS will receive holiday benefits for their autumn holidays, according to a new Holiday Funding Scheme by the Social Welfare Services.

According to an official announcement yesterday, the benefits will be offered for the September-December period and will be given to OAPs (Old-Age Pensioners) who are registered in the Social Security Fund, and who either receive pensions, or who are over the age of 63.

The monthly income of beneficiaries as of June 2010, should not exceed €960 per person or €1,700 for two pensioners.

Furthermore, a household cannot have received any other form of state funding for their 2010 holidays.

The funds will cover up to three nights at a hotel or resort that participates in the Scheme, with the highest amounts given being €45 per person.

Application forms will be available in all District Welfare Offices, the Citizens’ Advice Bureaus and the Social Welfare Services’ website – www.mlsi.gov.cy/sid – from tomorrow, while applications will be accepted up until July 30.

For more information, call 22-406388 or 22-401660

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