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We'd like to introduce you to some of our amazing volunteers who help make a difference to the lives of older people in Wales.
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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, access ... access to high quality services 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
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Wales Photo collage This is a great activity to get people thinking about their hopes and wishes. They can think about the future or create a dream where anything is possible! • Print out photos of ... of residents’ faces • Once this is done, talk to each resident about what they’d love to do most in the world • Residents can look through old magazines or images online that you can print, and collect
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Age-friendly banking What it is and how you do it About Age UK Age UK is the country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We believe in a world where everyone can ... UK partners in England. Learn more at www.ageuk.org.uk About AARP AARP is a US-based nonprofit, nonpartisan organisation, with a membership of nearly 38 million, that helps people turn their goals and
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seekers A refugee is a person who, ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside ... who is unable or, owing to such a fear, is unwilling to avail themselves of the protection of that country’. [1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees] 1 In the UK, only a small
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1 A blueprint for older people in Wales 2024 2 Introduction This General Election matters for older people. Worn down by the pandemic and cost of living crisis, many are yearning for a more positive future ... 65 years and over is approximately 662,000. The number of people aged 65 and over is expected to increase by 18% between mid-2021 and 2031 and the number of people aged 75 and over is expected to increase
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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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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 ... has proposed a new advice regime for transfers out of Defined Benefit pension schemes, called the ‘Appropriate Pension Transfer Analysis’ (APTA). This would replace the existing regime that is focussed on
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Age UK and contains general advice only, it should not be relied on as a basis for any decision or action and cannot be used as a substitute for professional advice. Neither Age UK nor any of its subsidiary ... companies or charities accepts any liability arising from its use and it is the reader’s sole responsibility to ensure any information is up to date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies
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friends and family, the role played by government and employers in supporting longer working lives is becoming more crucial than ever. This report examines the challenges and barriers facing carers aged ... stories of 50+ carers, looking at what works – and crucially what’s needed – to improve their employment prospects. And new analysis for this report finds that caring has a statistically significant impact
