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K eeping bus services free and sustainable Getting out and about 1 Summary 2 Age UK recommendations 5 Bus services 6 Conclusions 17 Notes 18 Contents Age UK launched in April 2010 with the aim of improving ... improving later life for people in the UK and around the world through our information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research. Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI launched at the same time. There
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1 Public Policy Statement Discrimination and Human Rights August 2016 Summary Negative attitudes towards older people and ageing are pervasive in our society. In common with most other forms of discrimination ... discrimination, ageism is based on inaccurate stereotypes, and often in the case of older people, assumptions about a person’s ability and competence due to their age. An effect of ageism is that older people
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ConfidenceEQUALITIES AND DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM Age Cymru is strongly committed to equality and diversity. This commitment is fundamental to the achievement of Age Cymru’s vision and objectives. So that ... that we can measure how far we are succeeding in promoting equality and diversity, we would be grateful if you would complete this fully anonymised monitoring form. The information gained from this form
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Programme provides practical help and emotional support to older people through this volunteer led project, so that they may participate and connect to their community with the support of trained volunteers to ... raise confidence and increase awareness of available support. The project provides two services: • Assist and Connect - a community based, face to face support service • Listen and Connect - a remote
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Read our work and learning information and advice which covers learning and development, getting back to work, internet and technology, redundancy and retirement.
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Loneliness and isolation are a daily reality for many older people; 75,000 older people in Wales have reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely. Feeling lonely has many detrimental effects on older people ... people, and there is increasing evidence of the negative impacts on physical and mental health. There is strong evidence that loneliness can increase the pressure on a wide range of local authority and health
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Advocacy and Safeguarding in Wales Newsletter Issue No 1 May 2020 Age Cymru Check in and Chat Service The service continues to provide some reassurances to older people, answer basic queries and link people ... people to local services and support during the Coronavirus outbreak. We have all been advised to self-isolate as much as possible to help protect us from the virus. This is particularly important for
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Older people and power loss, floods and storms Reducing risk, building resilience 2 These crises – power loss, floods and storms – can be challenging or even traumatising for people of any age. But older ... person alone and cut-off in a crisis – this is what we must work to avoid. The Government recognises that our changing climate poses a growing threat to particular groups. The energy and financial services
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A donation made in memory of your loved one will support our vital work in creating an age friendly Wales.
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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 ... Lindley, independent consultant (December 2014) Dashboards and jam-jars Helping consumers with small Defined Contribution pension pots make decisions about retirement income Age UK discussion paper
