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response Senedd Cymru: Local Government and Housing Committee Priorities for the sixth Senedd Age Cymru is pleased to respond to the Local Government and Housing Committee’s consultation regarding key priority ... during the next 12 months, including the impact of Covid and recovery from the pandemic. We think a priority for the Committee should be to consider how the built environment post-Covid will facilitate
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factsheet This factsheet explains what Housing Benefit is, who qualifies for it, and how it is calculated. It explains how to claim and what to do if you want to challenge a decision. It has information about ... Discretionary Housing Payments and what to do if you have a change of circumstance. This information applies if you, and your partner if you have one, are over State Pension age. This is currently 66 years. If you
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duty means that public bodies will be required to make decisions in a way that tackles social disadvantage. Over 100,000 pensioners are living in poverty in Wales, which has the highest proportion of older ... people living in poverty outside of London. We will be looking to Welsh Government to ensure that pensioners in poverty benefit from this new measure. We therefore welcome the Welsh Government’s commitment
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Baroness Barker and the speakers at the event were Richard Powley, Head of Safeguarding, Age UK, gave a policy introduction; Lucy Giles, Knowledge Hub Advisor, SafeLives spoke about issues including potential ... responses for older adults who have experienced abuse remains low and the abuse of older people is still largely a ‘hidden problem’ Although financial abuse has long been known about as an issue, the Care Act
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Box Appeal 🤶🎅🎄We’re appealing to you to fill a wrapped shoe box with gifts in our aim to help make this Christmas a little brighter. Christmas can be a lonely time for many older people who have no close ... festive period, we hope that having a gift to open may make a huge difference. Your amazing gift boxes will be delivered to either a care home in Wales or someone who receives a friendship call from our Friend
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GIFTS system, please email grants.unit@ageuk.org.uk The deadline for submitting your Request Form is Monday 1 April at 5pm. The system will not accept late applications so please ensure you submit your ... to the funding Project 360° is a partnership project between: Age Cymru, veteran’s charity Woody’s Lodge; and Age Alliance Wales (AAW). The project is supporting anyone who is aged 65 or over, and has served
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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 3
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Consultation Response Age UK’s response to the Independent Review of the State Pension age December 2016 Ref 4016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce ... 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 is Tavis House 1-6
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Foreword ......................................................................................... 2 What does the July Budget mean for older people? ........................ 3 Overview ................. ... poorest pensioners The Budget allows more affluent older people to be able to leave more of their estate free of Inheritance Tax Financial inequality is currently growing in the pensioner population:
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help but I don’t know how to go about it or what will happen next • I am not able to say what matters to me especially when lots of people are telling me what would be best for me. • I need someone independent ... me say how I feel • Sometimes I struggle to remember information, which means that making choices is really difficult • Sometimes it’s hard to get my point across • I struggle to get people to listen
