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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Mervyn Kohler mervyn.kohler@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London ... 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 is Tavis
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AFFORDABILITY OF RETIREMENT HOUSING IN THE UK SEPTEMBER 2012 HANNAH ALDRIDGE, PETER KENWAY AND JENNY PANNELL Affordability of retirement housing in the UK 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Summary 3 Research ... ................................................................... 14 3. State financial support and its impacts 18 Financial help from the state .....................................................
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commissioned by Age Concern and Help the Aged Julie Rugg and Karen Croucher Acknowledgements Our particular thanks go to all those people living in the private rented sector who so generously and patiently gave us ... us their time and shared their experiences with us. In undertaking this project we have been assisted by a number of organisations in different parts of the UK that have helped us make contact with older
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Commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 A Framework and Toolkit Ministerial Foreword I am pleased to be able to introduce the National ... emphasise that securing strong voice, choice and control for individuals is a key principle of Welsh Government and this is clearly reflected in the recent legislation and policy we have introduced. In 2016 Age
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Factsheet 2 Buying retirement housing November 2023 About this factsheet This factsheet explains options and issues to consider if you are thinking about buying retirement housing. This is specialist housing ... people and how to choose a suitable option is in factsheet 64, Specialist housing for older people. Information on the process of buying a home, including how to find an estate agent or solicitor and help
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Tyneside, South Lakeland, South Tyneside and Teeside), the Community Energy Programme team (in particular Nicola Hart) and older people participating in the project who shared information for this evaluation. ... manages and carries out research evaluation in support of the Charity’s objectives. He supports colleagues in the Charity and local Age UK Brand Partners to understand and develop evaluation systems and processes
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. phil.mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H ... 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 is Tavis
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knowledgeable and appreciated just explaining things that you consider second-nature.” “Amazed at her skill and knowledge. Inspired me to buy a laptop” “I really enjoy my volunteering and I really feel and know ... know that I'm making a difference. The people I've helped have been really nice and I've met new people at the same time” “They know so much about computers, at first it was a bit daunting but turned out not
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Professor James Goodwin, and Phil Rossall Age UK works to improve later life for the 14 million older people in the UK. We do this by addressing health inequality, reducing loneliness and isolation, improving ... improving retirement incomes and tackling poverty and discrimination against those in later life in all its forms. We also speak for the long-term interests of every one of us, so that experiences of ageing
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Walking at Maggies Singleton. I had been attending courses at Maggies and used to see the walkers getting together, going out and enjoying themselves. I needed to do some form of exercise as I had completed ... he is extremely fit! And was encouraging me to start exercising, the Nordic walking looked like it was a good place to start. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Went along every Friday and saw there was a need
