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recommendations 5 Bus services 6 Conclusions 17 Notes 18 Contents Age UK launched in April 2010 with the aim of improving later life for people in the UK and around the world through our information and advice, campaigns ... means people in later life are able to reach key services, friends and family without making difficult financial choices. The concession allows older people to travel off-peak on buses anywhere in England
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Home Commissioning. 1. Whether, overall, Age Cymru is confident that the Welsh Government is moving in the right direction, and quickly enough, with its policy reform to address the longstanding issues ... commissioning that the Auditor General has highlighted. Age Cymru believes that Welsh Government is moving in the right direction to address care home commissioning issues. The direction of travel is what we would
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Inequality 14 Footnotes 17 Welcome to the second edition of Age UK’s Economic Tracker. In the course of our work with people in later life, it has become apparent that there is no accessible resource that summaries ... trends and the views of older people to give a concise picture of the economic situation for those in later life. Since our first edition, the UK economy and economic policy have given us food for thought
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Economy and the Future of Work in Wales Welsh Government November 2018 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... 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 to the
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... 2 About this consultation Under legislation already in place, women’s State Pension age will be 65 from November 2018, 66 for both men and women from October 2020 and 67 from March 2028. Current legislation
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use of public transport ....................................................... 9 3.1 Bus services in case study areas ............................................................................... 9 ... bus services in many communities and at certain times, which is likely to be exacerbated by cuts in support for subsidised services. There are significant variations in the challenges faced in different
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... temporarily out of Great Britain (GB). This will be reduced from 13 weeks to 4 weeks in most circumstances. The changes, due to come in on 1st April 2016, will affect around 130,000 Housing Benefit and Pension
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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 ... age friendly Wales will increase opportunities for older people to pursue an interest, join in and have a role in their communities. Tyˆ John Pathy, 13/14 Neptune Court Vanguard Way, Cardiff CF24 5PJ Tel:
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February 2017 Age Cymru is the leading national 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 ... 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 to The
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people lived – she explained that the majority of older people (96%) live in general housing, 43% of all housing was lived in by those over the age of 55yrs, most are owner occupiers (76%) and that there ... myth that all pensioners were well off. She went on to say that 2 million older people were living in non-decent homes, and that the majority (78%) were homeowners. She added that there was a need to
