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our local partners with information and advice on a range of issues influencing later life. We also work closely with our partners Age Cymru, Age NI, Age Scotland and Age International. INTRODUCTION The ... licencing that does not undermine their viability. - The DfT and other Government departments should work together on planning policies and guidance affecting the ability of older people to travel to essential
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asked to consider; why the principles were important to them, what was challenging and what was working well. Summary of Group Discussions: The historic difficulties relating to access to advocacy was ... Positive examples of the advocacy principles were generated in the group discussions including the hard work of care homes and 2 advocacy services to offer reactive flexible support with appropriate risk assessments
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experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales2 About this research During March and April 2024, Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s organisations to understand what really matters ... fulfilled lives. More than 1300 older people told us their views by completing our survey online, offline via paper copies or by telephone, or wrote to us directly about their experiences. Almost 20% of
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Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD. ©Age Cymru 2022 Recommendations Recommendation 1 Local authorities should use the same case management system and ensure data captured is consistent across all of Wales. This will ... examining what help is needed whilst people wait and how this will be provided, in parity to the work on waiting well within the healthcare sector. Recommendation 5 Welsh government, regional partnership
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newsletter edition, detailing their journey so far through Wales as members of team HOPE. They’ve been working on a volunteer handbook as well as a volunteer training package and look forward to seeing them ... the organisation, local partners and services in their areas. This has helped them build strong working relationships with valuable contacts, meaning we’ve been able to recruit volunteers and help spread
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client group. The reduction is from 44 to 41 services. There are 54 full time paid advocates working across Wales with 10 of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. Both these figures ... of those delivering advocacy specifically to older people. There are 51 volunteer advocates working in a variety of advocacy services across Wales. There are 21 fewer paid advocates and 15 fewer
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Parliamentary briefing How you can change the lives of lonely older people. Most of us have felt miserably and lonely at some point in our lives. For many, life moves on and the feelings pass. But for ... loneliness’. The Commission aims not simply to make us aware of the problem, but to ask us all to take action to reduce loneliness. The Commission will be working throughout 2017 to address the impact loneliness
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Foundation Foreword Since 2010, the Baring Foundation has focussed its arts programme on participatory work with older people – creative ageing. We are pleased to be in a partnership with the Arts Council ... support Age Cymru to deliver cARTrefu. In our view, it is one of the most inspiring examples anywhere of work of creativity in care homes, as well as one of the largest programmes. This report gives hard evidence
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fulfil their duties under the Act. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all involved, for the work that they have done in the last three years in developing this Framework to ensure that advocacy services ... complete the work in developing the Framework and Toolkit. We are grateful for the expertise and knowledge of the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme staff team and for all their hard work in developing
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Wales Inquiry into Human Rights in Wales 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 ... not wish to see. Additionally, we would want to ensure that the many UK nationals living and/or working in the EU would continue to have protection from other member states’ discrimination against them
