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1 Public Policy Statement Safeguarding older people May 2021 Summary We all have the right to live free from abuse of any kind. Our age or circumstances should have no bearing or effect on this basic right.1 Age does not diminish an individual’s right to live with dignity and respect.2 We welcome proposals in Welsh Government’s Strategy for an Ageing Society Strategy to implement a national
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Advocacy Newsletter Issue No 2 January 2021 Happy New Year to you all HOPE project news Staffing update The HOPE project has seen a couple of organisational changes recently. Deiniol Jones who started with the project as the Volunteer Co-ordinator for Cardiff & Vale has changed roles to that of Advocacy Development Officer for Cardiff & Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg. Sara Timothy who joined
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Cylchlythyr Eiriolaeth Rhifyn rhif 4 Mawrth 2022 Newyddion Prosiect HOPE Marc Ansawdd Perfformiad HOPE Mae Age Cymru wedi ennill Marc Ansawdd Perfformiad Eiriolaeth (QPM) y Tîm Datblygu Cenedlaethol ar Gynhwysiant (NDTi) am waith a ddarperir gan brosiectau fel HOPE ac Eiriolaeth Dementia. Y QPM yw’r unig farc ansawdd perfformiad yn y DU ar gyfer sefydliadau fel Age Cymru sydd yn cynnig
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Bethsyddynbwysigichi? Profiadaucyfredolpobldros 50 oedyngNghymruDyma’r pedweryddarolwgblynyddol a gynhaliwyders 2020 gan Age Cymrua’rsefydliadauallweddolsy’ncynrychiolipoblhŷnyngNghymru.Mae’n bwysigbodLlywodraethCymruaceraillynclywedganboblhŷn am eichprofiadaua’rhynsy’nbwysigi chi.Bydd yrarolwghwnyncymryd15munudi’wgwblhau.Mae eichymatebynddi-enwondoshoffech chi inigysylltu â chi ynglŷnâ’
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Advocacy Newsletter Issue No 5 October 2022 Advocacy Awareness Week This year's 5th annual Advocacy Awareness Week (#AAW22) takes place from 7th - 11th November 2022. This year's theme will show how advocates support people in relation to their human rights; each day will shine a light on an element of the Human Rights Act and what this means for each of us in our lives. The
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Winter Fuel Payment Campaigner Pack - Wales Thank you so much for downloading this pack. We’re so excited to work with you to save the Winter Fuel Payment for struggling pensioners! Contents Why we’re campaigning ...................................................................................... 2 What you can do to help ..........................................................
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Payment Systems Regulation: Call for Inputs Ref: 0314 April 2014 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square
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1 After the EU Referendum: Policy priorities for older people September 2016 Contact: jane.vass@ageuk.org.uk 2 1. Introduction Following the ‘Leave’ vote in the European Union (EU) Referendum on 23 June, this paper sets out some possible implications for older people. These are very far from clear, at present, so this paper also looks forward: what are the areas of
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Public Policy Statement Social care funding July 2019 Summary Social care has historically suffered as a consequence of under-funding and this situation has been further aggravated in recent years as a result of widespread reductions in public sector budgets. The question of funding social care can be broken down into two parts: funding provided by government for statutory social care
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Painful Journeys Why getting to hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about but imagine having to make the journey alone, in chronic pain and having to take three different buses to get there. This is the reality for many of the older people we have heard from. That’s why
