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consultation on practice guidance for social care managers and social workers November 2018 Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 in relation to adult advocacy. The programme is delivered by Age Cymru, in partnership with Age Connects and Diverse Cymru. We welcome the opportunity
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Plan October 2021 1. Do you think the Action Plan will increase equality for LGBTQ+ people and what do you think the priorities should be? Age Cymru welcomes the development of the LGBTQ+ Action Plan ... actions to reduce barriers to accessing public services that LGBRQ+ people face. In practical terms this is the area over which Welsh Government has influence and the ability to make changes sooner than in seeking
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............................................................................................ 3 How is poverty defined and measured?..................................................................... ... pensioners are in relative poverty, defined as having incomes below 60 per cent median income after housing costs (AHC) in 2011/12.1 14 per cent of women pensioners, compared to 13 per cent of men.
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978-0-9568731-2-5 The views expressed in this report are not necessarily those of Age UK Age UK Tavis House 1–6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA Registered charity number 1128267 1Living on a low income in ... context and background 14 Research aims 16 Research design and sample 16 1 Perceptions of hardship 18 What is seen as hardship? 18 Life trajectories and previous experiences 19 Making comparisons to others 20
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people get out of the house as well as getting exercise. I’ve been volunteering for the last 10 years and am so pleased to be able to continue volunteering during a pandemic. What have you learnt by ... with Age Cymru? Catherine I've met a lot of lovely friends. I’ve learnt to really listen to what people need, and generally that’s all that someone needs, just someone to listen. It gives me
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with retirement, including dealing with pensions and tax allowances. It is useful for people from age 50, although the information is relevant to people looking at planning their retirement at any age. The ... interest: ⚫ FS19 State Pension ⚫ FS91 Pension freedom and benefits The information in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2024 to April 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and take effect
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assistance. Included is information about: ⚫ the stages of debt advice ⚫ help to resolve debt problems ⚫ how to seek assistance ⚫ organisations that can help. The information in this factsheet is applicable in ... factsheet 75 August 2024 Dealing with debt Page 2 of 26 Contents 1 Realising there is a problem 4 2 Getting debt advice 4 3 What does a debt adviser do? 5 3.1 Initial contact 5 3.2 Looking at your finances 5
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home energy checks. They'll send a trusted handyperson to your home, who will make sure that your home is energy efficient. If necessary, they'll also provide some free equipment to help you save money on ... entitlements or other schemes that can help with your energy bills this winter Winter Fuel Payment - this is an annual one-off payment to all eligible pensioner households to help with fuel costs. There are no
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mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee ... (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation In June, Ofgem published
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Consultation Response Age related TV licence policy BBC February 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... the oldest population, and the most rapidly ageing population, of all four nations of the UK. Wales is also the UK region/country with the highest percentage of pensioners on a low income outside of London
