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get the benefits of Nordic Walking that I and my wife have found. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? It gives me a sense of purpose What do you enjoy most about your volunteering experience ... Nordic Walking groups. What would you say to someone who is thinking of becoming involved with volunteering? By helping older people become more physically and socially active you will be doing your bit to
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Meet Rebecca Phillips, Age Cymru's Volunteer Officer and find out what her roles involved and how it makes a difference to older people in Wales.
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the opportunity arose to be trained as an instructor and lead a class. I thought this was a great chance to share the benefits of Tai Chi amongst many people, and also to satisfy my desire to ‘give something ... something back’ to society after many years focusing on work. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? Volunteering has proven to be a very valuable transition from full time work into ‘retirement’
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Become a Care Home Volunteer - Together we can make a difference Being a care home volunteer is a rewarding role, helping as part of a warm and friendly environment. There are many personal benefits ... feeling to be able to assist the Home in this important activity - important for residents and visitors. The feeling of doing something useful in my community.” Care home Volunteer What will you do? •
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have no money at all for some reason, you may be able to get financial help to cover that cost. What help you can get may depend on your circumstances. You may be able to get an advance payment of your benefit ... benefit claim, you may be able to get a short-term advance . Budgeting Loans Budgeting Loans can help you pay for essential items such as furniture, clothing and removal costs. To be able to claim a Budgeting
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follow up to the survey we undertook in Summer 2020 for people aged 50 or over across Wales, and is being undertaken by key organisations that represent older people. It is important that Welsh Government ... people about their experiences of the lockdown and the impact that this has made on them. This survey will take 15 minutes to complete. Your response is anonymous. Thank you for your support in completing
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Feeling well is not just about being physically fit and healthy – it’s equally important to your overall health that you feel good mentally.
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lockdownCreating an age friendly Wales This survey is for people aged 50 or over across Wales, and is being undertaken by key organisations that represent older people.It is important that Welsh Government ... people about their experiences of the lockdown and the impact that this has made on them.This survey will take 15 minutes to complete. Your response isanonymous.Thank you for your support in completing this
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Dashboards and jam-jars Helping consumers with small Defined Contribution pension pots make decisions about retirement income Age UK discussion paper, written by Dominic Lindley ... consultant (December 2014) Dashboards and jam-jars Helping consumers with small Defined Contribution pension pots make decisions about retirement income Age UK discussion paper, written by Dominic Lindley
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average age of victims of mass marketing postal fraud is 75.6 £43 million pension scams People have lost an estimated £43 million to pension scammers since April 2014.7 £32,000 average loss In 2016, victims ... are victims. However, older people are overrepresented as victims of particular frauds, including pension and investment scams, postal scams, doorstep scams and telephone scams. Some older people are especially
