support us to improve lives and help us work towards an age friendly Wales. As a volunteer, you will not be required to support personal care for residents, but you will: • Be part of a thriving‚ friendly ... and training • Gain valuable experience for career and personal development • Support a wide range of creative and engaging opportunities • Experience satisfaction knowing your contribution counts Please
Performing Arts Creating an age friendly Wales Movement Performing Arts covers a wide range of activities that can be good exercise for residents, especially those with low mobility. Simple rhythm activities ... can be fun when done in a group. The following exercises can be done sitting down or standing: With lively music playing, encourage residents to tap their feet or clap their hands to the beat: E.g. 8 taps
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No 7 October 2023 Advocacy News HOPE Advocacy Project We are approaching the three quarter point of the project and want to take this opportunity to remind everyone what HOPE is all about and the service ... the key decisions affecting their own lives and thereby avoid getting into a crisis situation. HOPE is a Welsh Government funded project running until the end of March 2025 and is in partnership with
Cooling down It is important to include some cooling down activities at the end of each session to make sure your participants are relaxed and revitalised and that their bodies have returned to a pre-activity ... main muscles shown should be included using the following guidelines: Take the stretch to the point of mild tension only Avoid bouncing or jerking the stretch Hold each stretch for up to 15 seconds
wellbeing of Wales. 75,000 older people in Wales have reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely – it’s a daily reality for many older people. Feeling lonely is detrimental to the wellbeing of older people ... people and there is increasing evidence of the negative impacts on physical and mental health. These negative impacts can lead to increased pressure on a wide range of local authority and health services.
wide range of stakeholders across Wales to support the commissioning of independent professional advocacy under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, to build the capacity of the advocacy ... advocacy sector and to raise awareness of advocacy. We have now come to the end of the funding for the programme and we will officially be closing GTAP, as it has affectionately become known, on the 31st
Benthyciadau Cyllidebu yn ôl, ond maen nhw’n ddi-log. Gweler taflen 49 Age UK Social Fund, advances of benefit and local welfare provision i gael rhagor o wybodaeth. Cronfa Cymorth Dewisol Llywodraeth Cymru ... y Great British Insulation Scheme (sef ECO+ gynt) roi grantiau ar gyfer gosod mesurau inswleiddio cost isel i: • bobl sy’n byw mewn cartrefi sydd ym mandiau Treth Gyngor A, B, C, D ac E, gyda sgôr perfformiad
parhaus o ran cael mynediad at eiriolaeth ar gyfer pob person hŷn yng Nghymru (iii) • Dim ond 49% o bobl 75 oed a hŷn sy’n defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd (iv) 2 Dylai pawb fyw gydag urddas a pharch. Mae pobl hŷn yn ... y 3 pandemig. Mae cyfran y bobl hŷn sy’n defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd yn cynyddu, ond dim ond 49% o bobl 75 oed a hŷn yng Nghymru sy’n defnyddio’r rhyngrwyd. (viii) Credwn y dylai gwasanaethau a ddarperir ar-lein
someone to randomly pick a line and read it out • Now make a poem or verse starting with this line of poetry It can be scary looking at a blank page and trying to write a poem. This exercise gives people ... a question such as ‘What’s your favourite bird?’ Next, talk to your residents about their memories of birds, the sounds different birds make, and about the different sayings that feature birds: ‘Like a