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wellbeing 8 Home & care 14 Travel & lifestyle 18 Work & learning 22 Closer to home 26 Around the world 32 Financial review 38 Welcome to Age UK's Annual Review 2011/12. Together with our partners, supporters ... matters Health & wellbeing Home & care Travel & lifestyle Work & learning Closer to home Around the world Financial review DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN MORE THAN 40 WE DELIVERED 1.4 MILLION SERVICES TO 860,000
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country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5 million ... significant. Some bisexual people can feel that they don’t entirely belong in either heterosexual or gay ‘worlds’, which can lead to self-censorship in different social groups: ‘A lot of people of my age were married
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them were in a similar situation to me.’ ‘When my husband died two years ago, it felt like my whole world fell apart. We’d been married for over 50 years and I couldn’t imagine my life without him. He’d been ... befriending services available through your local Age UK – they can arrange for someone to visit you for a cup of tea and a chat. Contact your local Age UK to find out about their befriending services. In Wales
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support I receive from Carys and if I was greedy, I’d love more calls from her. She sees the world the way that I see it, we have lots of things in common. I bring experience to the conversation, but
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People. It was with immense pride, and not a little surprise, that I heard him say that Wales led the world in this crucial area of arts provision. If that’s the case, then the work of cARTrefu is certainly ... I have used my brain so much, and been actively thinking that I’m exhaus ted! I’ll need to have a cup of tea and a lie down now. Resident We’re involved – we’re doing something we want to do, not just
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long-term interests of every one of us. We do so by working with partners in the UK and around the world. We work with Age Cymru, Age Scotland and Age NI and with local Age UKs, Friends and Forums across ... 13 Travel & lifestyle 17 Work & learning 21 Closer to home 25 Around the world 29 Funding & finance 33 How we raise our funds 35 Financial review 36 Contents
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Female, 71, South, Living with frailty “My friend and I go out to the shops for a look around and a cup of tea and a piece of cake. It’s the highlight of my week.” Female, 83, North, Living with frailty ... importance of ‘keeping up appearances’ and avoiding admitting that there is a problem to the outside world. These self-identified coping mechanisms tended to centre around: • Small aids and gadgets older
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before the session begins, although this is an opportunity to socialise, and one care home offers cups of tea in the location so older people arriving early can have a drink and socialise. Learning: The ... area where management talk and external visitors like GPs sit, it provided a glimpse to the outside world of what the activity involved. One GP visiting even observed and smiled as he walked past the session
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country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can love later life and we work every day to achieve this. We help more than 5 million ... significant. Some bisexual people can feel that they don’t entirely belong in either heterosexual or gay ‘worlds’, which can lead to self-censorship in different social groups: ‘A lot of people of my age were married
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happy and contented in my life.’ Velda, 76 Our year Annual Review 2013/14 Age UK’s vision is for a world where everyone can love later life. We know it’s ambitious, because for many people growing older ... and training sessions. 5 £160 million benefits put into older people’s pockets. We want to see a world where everyone in later life has enough money. Your money We help put money in older people’s pockets
