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Age UK family also includes Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI. We run just over 450 Age UK charity shops throughout the UK and also offer a range of commercial products tailored to older people. Age UK ... water – and most people also use them to undertake the most basic of everyday tasks such as grocery shopping. Almost without exception, everyone needs access to payment systems in order to be able to participate
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internet mainly for finding out information, contacting friends and family, online banking, online shopping and social media. Respondents also used the internet to video call friends and family, play games ... games and for work. “Couldn’t be without internet banking, no accessible banks locally. Internet shopping also crucial!” Some people also had help accessing the internet through family and friends or used
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rights and services, social security and other benefits, health and healthcare, local facilities (shops, transport, etc.), leisure activities, practical assistance with daily life and where to get I&A ... Age UKs integrated by 2013. Telephone services such as Age UK Advice, and access to information in shops, day centres, doctors’ surgeries, etc., are particularly important to people aged 65 and over, only
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goods, facilities or services, as well as employment. For example: Consumer services such as: ⚫ Shops ⚫ Hotels ⚫ Leisure facilities Health services such as: ⚫ Your GP surgery ⚫ Hospitals ⚫ Dentists Employment ... conditions being met, include: ⚫ age-related holidays offered for over 50’s or 18-30’s only ⚫ discounts in shops for people aged 65 years and over ⚫ social or leisure clubs catering for people of specific ages only
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our commercial operations is dependent on investment. This year we have opened seven new shops, refitted 24 shops and grown the number of Age UK Enterprises customers to 1.2 million people. We have continued ... further £1.9 million, representing a share of the profits from Age UK shops, which was shared with the local Age UK where the shop is located. Age UK also paid out £0.3 million from legacies left to Age
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towards practical help at home. Many described paying for someone to help with tasks such as cleaning, shopping, and gardening. It was clear that people see this support as essential to enabling them to continue ... appointments. People mentioned visiting their GP, attending hospital appointments or getting to the shops. A few said it helped them run a car but the majority talked about using taxis. I would find it
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needs are taken into account in providing adequate and appropriate seating in communities, including shopping centres, parks, bus stops and other public places. Welsh Government should place a statutory duty ... seating can be the difference between living a full life and feeling cut-off and isolated. Going shopping, queuing at the post office, waiting at the bus stop or taking a walk in the park can become impossible
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One-stop shops in communities need to be local and accessible. It is important that information is accessible to those people who aren’t engaged, who don’t go out, or can’t get to the shops, or don’t
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carried out in the most tax-efficient way. You can write your own will and you can buy packs from shops or online to help you do this. However, except in the simplest cases, it is generally advisable to ... write your own will using do-it-yourself will-writing packs or forms you can purchase from stationery shops or online. In principle, you could simply write your will on a piece of paper, provided it satisfies
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communities, to ensure that residents have full access to public or community transport and local services, shops and post office and facilities that support independence and wellbeing. Older people need to have ... and maintain; adapted as appropriate (eg stairways that can accommodate a stairlift); and close to shops and services. However, older people felt there were very few opportunities to make this move as new
