with us over the years to make a difference to the lives of local older people. All telephone calls to Age Cymru Pembrokeshire have been diverted to Age Cymru Advice . This is a free, impartial and bilingual ... information and practical advice on a range of subjects in Pembrokeshire including welfare benefits advice. If you want to contact Age Cymru Advice directly, the freephone number is 08000 223 444 or you can send
Funded by: In partnership with: The ask me scheme… …aims tobreak the silence about domestic abuse within a community, and remove the barriers that make it hard for survivors to tell others about their experiences ... or gate closers in terms of help seeking.” Finding the Cost of Freedom, 2014 What’s involved? Community ambassadors attend a free training course where they learn more about domestic abuse, and are equipped
in independent advocacy services, and the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) undertook a survey of advocates and gathered evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The ... beyond”formed the basis of The Big Eventswhich were a virtual series of five webinars arranged and organised by HOPE (Helping others participate and engage), held over a period of two weeks, between 19 October and
this Self Assessment Tool is to ascertain organisational readiness to comply with the Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy) and its strategic intent. The Self Assessment Tool itself is structured in four sections ... of the commissioning cycle: analyse, plan, do, review.1 It should be noted that is not an audit instrument through which a ‘performance management’ assessment might be made, but rather it should help the
Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... Ensure that the person you’re supporting has a second ‘Friend’ volunteer paired with them in a different household, as well as you. • Help the individual construct a one-page summary for any Health/Social care
Care at Reading Borough Council. Cllr Eden – Cllr Eden started by saying that older people were not a burden, were the glue that holds communities together and that Local Government was ideally placed to ... the long run saved money. Cllr Eden explained that when a day centre closed in Reading, the next day a neighbourhood service was created, led by a former staff member, mostly employing retired volunteers
are accessible to older people. Without these, there is an increased risk that isolation and loneliness will impact upon people’s wellbeing. It is essential that older people in all areas have the means ... attention, get money and pay bills, and have social contact. These are basic features of a decent life and ought to be a high priority in transport policy. Many older people rely on public transport, usually
organisations or charities. We do not ‘cold call’ people for fundraising purposes. ‘Cold calling’ involves a company or business calling someone with whom they’ve had no prior contact. We only call people who ... direct debits received from donors if a third party (e.g. family and friends) advise us that the donor is vulnerable in some way; if we are satisfied that such third party is entitled to act on the donor’s behalf
Age Cymru is very pleased that, in its report on the Blue Badge scheme in Wales, the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee largely agrees with our views on the operation of the discretionary ... Government should undertake a review of the eligibility criteria for a blue badge, to consider whether there are further conditions which should automatically qualify a person to receive a blue badge, and whether
health act, under guardianship or subject to a community treatment order or in hospital informally receiving treatment for their mental health? If so, they have a legal right to an IMHA (Independent Mental ... If not, are they facing serious medical treatment, a safeguarding concern or DoLS? Or does their RPR need support in their role? If so, they have a legal right to an IMCA (Independent Mental Capacity