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Nordic Walking Volunteer Instructor Principle function: To promote, inspire and instruct participants on the Age Cymru Nordic Walking programme in your locality. Purpose: The ideal volunteer will raise ... car would be desirable Good IT skills is desirable Training: You will be given induction training on the various aspects of the work. You will also receive specific training for your role and will be
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lead the decision making? • Get the right support you need when you need it? • Be supported to say what matters to you and why? • Understand information about services or your rights? • Understand your ... England and Wales 6837284. Registered office as above. ©Age Cymru 2020 facebook.com/agecymru Follow us on: twitter.com/agecymru Ydych chi angen help gan Eiriolwr Gwirfoddol annibynnol i: • Sicrhau bod pobl
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What our Dementia Advocates won’t do • Manage your money, shop for you, or give you any advice relating to finances • Give you their opinion or advise you on decisions • Submit benefit claims for you • ... your voice is heard and you’re at the centre of the decisions that affect all aspects of your life. What is Dementia Advocacy Living with dementia can be daunting. There are new health care systems to understand
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befriending team to connect with older people on a weekly 30 minute friendship call. You can find out more about this role, and register as a volunteer on the Volunteering Wales website. Once you have ... registered with Volunteering Wales, search on their website for 'Friend in Need' to find this volunteering opportunity. What happens next? Once you've registered on the Volunteering Wales website and applied
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to do some preventative healthcare (which I think tai chi is with its falls prevention research). What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? I have got to know a section of my community ... every week! What do you enjoy most about your volunteering experience? Connecting with the participants – in sessions and when we see each other around the village. Annoyingly they are more up on local information
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exercise. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? It has allowed me to give something back. I benefited from the programme now I give others the opportunity to benefit as well. What do you ... and the pleasure I see on the faces of the walkers especially when they return to walk with us again. They walk into the centre smiling and greeting other walkers, it’s great. What would you say to someone
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can help us be there, day after day. No one should spend later life feeling vulnerable and alone. We make sure older people aren’t forgotten or left to struggle on their own. We’re here to listen, support ... write one and how complicated is it? Writing a will is a crucial way to ensure that your wishes are carried out after your death. It needn’t be a complicated process and it means your loved ones can carry
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support you to say what matters to you. Our advocacy service is independent of other services and agencies. It’s free of charge for anyone who is aged 50+, or a carer of an older person. What can my advocate ... lead the decision making • Find the right support you need when you need it • Be supported to say what matters to you and why • Understand information about services or your rights • Understand your options
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Tai Chi Instructor Why did you want to volunteer with Age Cymru? As soon as I saw the appeal on the Age Cymru facebook page for people to learn how to deliver Tai Chi sessions, I wanted to volunteer ... fitness regime. I had enjoyed learning tai chi many years ago and I thought it was the ideal solution. What difference to your life has volunteering made to you? I had been worrying over how unfit I was and
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in two residential care homes and one day centre. The pilots began in November 2015 and ran for eight months until the end of June 2016. The Programme was based on an exercise programme developed by ... to Britain and is different to its namesake of chair-based exercise. The focus of the programme is one of integrating the physical, cognitive and social elements Page 2 of
