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Age Cymru works with the Welsh Government, National Assembly for Wales and individual AMs to make sure the issues that are important to older people in Wales are a priority.
Get to grips with the Employment and Support Allowance - a benefit for people who are out of work due to illness or disability. Who is eligible? How do you claim?
Age Cymru’s Culture Club provides opportunities for over 50’s in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan to build confidence, make new friends, and to enjoy our many cultural sites, with the help of a friendly
parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. ... consultation response relates to the Government’s latest phase in its plans to reform the Further Education sector. This paper responds to the proposals to introduce a new system of loans for learners in the Further
1 Ref 2012 Age UK’s response to the Work and Pensions Committee’s inquiry into progress towards implementation of Universal Credit August 2012 Name: Sally West Email: sally.west@ageuk.org.uk ... London N1 9UZ. Consultation response 2 About this consultation This Inquiry by the Work and Pensions Select Committee is looking into progress towards the implementation of Universal Credit. It is
Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Paying for goods and services The person you’re supporting will need to consider how to access their cash or to pay for goods and services whilst they’re isolating ... anxious about how to access funds to pay for shopping/goods. To help reduce this anxiety you should; • Provide the person you’re supporting with a receipt for any purchases made for them, and leave it
response to the DWP consultation ‘Reforms to the Social Fund’s Funeral Expenses Payments scheme’ August 2017 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. sally.west@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6
2019: references This document includes references for statistics cited in Age Cymru’s manifesto for the 2019 General Election. 120,000 pensioners in Wales live in poverty. JRF (2018) Poverty in Wales ... an older person that experienced fuel poverty in 2017-18. Cited in the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales’ ‘State of the Nation’ report (2019) which references the following data sources: ‘This estimate
If you want to stay independent in your own home for longer, there are adaptations that can make your life easier. Read more information about adaptations and funding them here.