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informal volunteers and to develop a volunteer led telephone befriending service that will complement the work of the informal volunteers. In addition, Welsh Government has provided additional funds to be distributed ... not limited to) providing training for volunteers, increasing capacity for existing programmes of work, supporting the development of digital skills to increase inclusions. Age Cymru will be responsible
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temperature 80g icing sugar mixture 80ml honey 300g plain flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting your work surface 40g self-raising flour, sifted 2 tbsp milk For the decoration: Icing for decoration ... charity number: 1128436 Mince pies For the pastry: 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting your work surface 225g unsalted butter, cold and cubed A pinch of salt 1 egg, beaten Zest of 1
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practical and emotional sides of caring, with specific information on issues such as benefits, flexible working, sources of help and support as well how a caring role can affect a person's wellbeing and social ... own. Your Rights As a Carer You may have the right to: receive financial support request flexible working from your employer access respite care seek support from social services with aspects such as help
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older people about the problems they face with money matters and the lack of solutions that really work for them. We set up the Financial Services Commission because we believe older people deserve better ... opportunity for those in the financial services industry to provide products and services that really work for older people and enable them to become and remain resilient. In partnership with the Chartered
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6 Complaints about independent financial advisers 23 Useful organisations 24 Age UK 31 Support our work 31 Age UK factsheet 43 May 2024 Getting legal and financial advice Page 4 of 32 1 Free legal advice ... more information. 2.7 Pro bono advice services ‘Pro bono’ advice is where a solicitor or barrister works on your legal problem free of charge. The LawWorks scheme can arrange free initial advice on areas
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question. Will call blockers, used to prevent scammers from contacting older people, still work after digital switchover? Call blockers will no longer be necessary following digital switchover ... Unfortunately, not. The customer must pay for the new handset. However, 99% of phones will work on the digital platform. How long will the backup phones last in a power cut? Ofcom
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created Don’t Get Me Started, the short, animated film you can see at the top of this page. We worked with artists Jon Ratigan and Emma Prentice to animate interviews with six older people across Wales ... Eisteddfod promoted the booklets co-created by Social Care Wales and the Welsh Government, Making Rights Work For Older People . This document is available in Welsh, English, and BSL . There is also guidance
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Committee for their generous support in helping us to fund the production of this booklet and our other work on ‘Falls Awareness’. Falling How to reduce the risk of falling in the home There are many simple ... possible have someone to climb the ladder for you. Kitchen • Keep items you use regularly at working height. • If you must use a step stool, get one with a bar to hold on to. Never use a chair. •
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with the leasehold system disempower all residents and increase their costs. The status quo tends to work in favour of providers, rather than in the best interests of residents. There 3 should be a greater ... previously consulted with a panel of residents looking at retirement housing, resulting in our ‘Making it work for us’ report (2012). This gives a good indication of some of the key issues for older leaseholder
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needs to happen by December 2025, as this is when the old technology will stop working. Phone providers have already started work on switching over the network, but you don’t need to do anything until ... fax machines - will be affected by the change. If your device is relatively modern, it should still work fine - but older devices may need to be reconfigured or replaced. What if I don’t have, or don’t
