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Trident Court, East Moors Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD. © Age Cymru 2023 The Age Cymru Volunteer Project We thank you for joining us and welcome you warmly – without you, this Age Cymru Pilot Project couldn't ... opportunity to make a positive difference to the people who live and work in your care home. We look forward to gathering your feedback, which is an essential part of the initiative. Pilot project locations
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Advances of Benefit and Local Welfare Provision June 2024 (Amended September 2024) About this factsheet The Social Fund is a scheme to help people with expenses that are difficult to meet from a low income and ... Weather Payments ⚫ Funeral Expenses Payments Advances of Benefit are payments that partially replaced the discretionary Social Fund and include: ⚫ Short-term advances ⚫ Budgeting advances ⚫ Budgeting loans
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Equality and Social Justice Committee Consultation response April 2023 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We welcome the opportunity
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their lives. Our research suggests almost one in five (17%) veterans in Wales who could be entitled to the Armed Forces pension aren’t claiming. That’s money which could help towards a better quality ... them are proud people who may not like making claims. But eligible veterans have already paid into the pension scheme, so it is therefore rightfully theirs to claim. We are also encouraging veterans who
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Universal Credit to boost the money you have coming in. Universal Credit (UC) is a means-tested benefit that has been rolled out nationally since December 2018. It will eventually replace the 'legacy' benefits ... benefits, you will continue to receive payments as normal for the time being. Your local Jobcentre Plus or Tax Credits office will let you know when your benefit will be replaced by Universal Credit. To claim
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package of care for people who have significant ongoing healthcare needs. It is arranged and funded by the NHS.
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Mortgage Interest (SMI) is a benefit for homeowners which helps pay towards the interest on a mortgage or home improvement loans. The benefit will be replaced by a loan in 2018. Find out more on this page.
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The majority of care homes are very well run and provide excellent care - however, occasionally you might be unhappy about the care home. Here's how to go about complaining.
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The HOPE Project (Helping Others Participate and Engage) is a partnership project between;
Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners across the whole of
Wales.
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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.
