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friendship calls to find out how volunteering with our vital service makes a difference to them and the people they call every week. Why did you decide to volunteer with Age Cymru? Catherine I was already volunteering ... think it’s to do with my character, I’m a really sociable person and I just love meeting people. I’ve reached a point in my life where I have the time to take on things that I like, this
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Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access ... services and the opportunity to shape their own future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond
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Mission Our vision for a world in which older people flourish, is shared with our national partners across the UK. Our mission is to improve life for older people. HOPE Project (Helping others participate ... including; peer, volunteer, group and citizen for older people (50+) and carers across Wales. The HOPE project will: Establish, facilitate and support older people’s advocacy co-production forums in each region
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plan: final update [HTML] | GOV.WALES is to discover what life has been like for older people living in care homes during the Covid Pandemic. The outcome will be a written report and short animated film ... when fellow residents have died during this period, due to Covid restrictions, homes have been unable to fill empty rooms; some residents commented that there were less people to have conversations with now
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who use them for our daily commute to work or to get in the weekly shopping. But for many of the older people attending the Age Cymru Afan Nedd centre in Port Talbot, their memories of bus and train journeys ... But what was most surprising to us was that it never rained during a Welsh summer! Here's a selection of some of stories told to us during our visit to Age Cymru Afan Nedd "I used to take the train from
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organisations that are committed to fighting against fraud in Wales. WASP was founded by Age Cymru and the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales with the aim of making Wales more hostile to those who would commit ... post, by phone or online. Since 2023, it has been managed by Age Cymru. Its members include the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Trading Standards, Citizens Advice Bureau, the Information Commissioner’s
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Parliamentary briefing How you can change the lives of lonely older people. Most of us have felt miserably and lonely at some point in our lives. For many, life moves on and the feelings pass. But for ... meaningful relationships. Age UK is proud to be a member of the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness. During her time as an MP, Jo Cox was dedicated to combating loneliness in the UK. Jo formed an independent
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help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. In February we published a report entitled Older people and power loss, floods ... risk, building resilience, which gives an insight into older people’s experiences of, and attitudes towards, floods. It includes real examples of people struggling with the impacts of flooding, including their
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FEAR OF CRIME AND ITS EFFECTS ON OLDER PEOPLE: COMPARING SIX COUNTRIES. Peter Lloyd-Sherlock and Sutapa Agrawal Research about older people from the UK and other high income countries shows that fear ... Organisation survey of older people’s health and wellbeing in six countries. Key findings: There are large national variations in rates of fear of crime Older women and frail older people are most susceptible
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We are particularly interested to hear from people living in North Wales. Covid-19 led to an increase in demand for services and support from older people. Besides the risk of Covid-19, the restrictions ... restrictions imposed in response to the virus impacted on the well-being of many older people. Loneliness resulting from isolation is distressing and has a detrimental effect on health and wellbeing. We have seen
