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Consultation Response Draft Code of Practice on the extended right to request flexible working Ref: 1713 Date: 20 May 2013 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... legislated to extend the right to request flexible working to all employees. This gave individuals a legal right to have a request seriously considered, and put an obligation on the employer to accept the
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local authorities must ensure that an individual has access to advocacy. Independent Professional Advocacy is a service that can support someone to participate fully in decisions about their well-being and ... account of. Advocacy supports people to have their rights upheld, to express their views and opinions, to make decisions about things that affect them, and if necessary to represent people's views at meetings
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plannerPlease complete your total number of steps or miles covered each day and return your form to us at - thebigstep@agecymru.org.ukName: ………………………………………………………………………………… Race Number: ……………………………………………………………………
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they mistakenly believe they don’t qualify or are put off by the claims process. Do any of these apply to you? 1. ‘My claim was turned down’ Your circumstances may have changed since the last time you applied ... have in savings. 3. ‘I can get by without it’ You've paid into the tax system all your life; now it's time to get something back. Think about what support or equipment might help you to carry on living independently
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of child abuse and neglect or a duty to act in relation to child abuse or neglect. It also seeks views on whether the scope of these possible changes should extend to vulnerable adults. Key points and recommendations ... legal frameworks to enable prosecution of, and enquiry into, safeguarding concerns, and this needs to be matched with the effective identification of concerns and person centred responses to them. A mandatory
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older age – Older refugees and asylum seekers Refugees and Asylum seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership ... residence, where stateless) and who is unable or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country’. [1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees]
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Demographics In recent years the United Kingdom has seen major, and contradictory, changes in attitudes to religion. Some minority religious groups have significantly increased their numbers while overall, ... different ways of measuring religiosity: based on loose cultural affiliation; based on ‘belonging’ to a religion, or identifying as religious; based on believing in the core tenets of a particular religion;
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eating during the winter, while others do not eat a satisfying meal each day because they cannot afford to. In Wales, an estimated 84,000 older people live in poverty, with 50,000 of those in ‘severe’ poverty ... This means a weekly income of just £183.50 or less. This is far from the stereotype of a generation who have done well out of a growing economy and rising house prices. Unfortunately, as the examples throughout
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support the way we do our work. The purpose of the values is to create a sense of unity and inspire behaviours that are needed and lead to success. The identified behaviours show how we work with each ... better by: always putting older people first listening to and valuing what other people have to say respecting our colleagues and clients and endeavouring to gain and inspire trust always acting in a friendly
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means that your eligibility to claim it and how much money you receive will depend on your income and how much capital you have. The information in this section only applies to people over State Pension ... Cold Weather Payment Some types of income are fully considered when assessing whether you’re eligible to claim a means-tested benefit, but others (such as if you receive Attendance Allowance) are ignored
