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Wales who look after, or give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of long-term physical or mental ill-health or disability, or problems related to older ... give any unpaid help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of longterm physical or mental ill-health or disability, or issues related to growingolder?Yes NoIf you answered
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Cymru 2023 Time Tempo Credits – Sign up & In Volunteer to join Tempo Time Credits is a registered charity. Volunteers who sign up can gain credits to reward them for their volunteering hours. Credits are ... awarded by your organisation’s Volunteer administrator. They can be exchanged for a range of opportunities – see examples below • Free entry to a heritage site: eg Caerphilly Castle; Raglan Castle; Blaenavon
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Creating an age friendly Wales A toolkit to support the application of the Framework for Commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act ... How to use the toolkit 3 1 More about advocacy 4 2 The legislative requirements and procedures 8 3 The circumstances when it is appropriate to use independent professional advocacy 11 4 How to ensure
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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 ... sole responsibility to ensure any information is up to date and accurate. Please note that the inclusion of named agencies, websites, companies, products, services or publications in this information guide
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are committed to fighting against fraud in Wales. WASP was founded by Age Cymru and the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales with the aim of making Wales more hostile to those who would commit scams ... scams, whether on the doorstep, by post, by phone or online. Since 2023, it has been managed by Age Cymru. Its members include the Older People’s Commissioner for Wales, Trading Standards, Citizens
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conversation at a time A call to action Over the past year we have been proud to chair the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness, which Jo set up before her death in summer 2016, to shine a powerful spotlight on ... on the millions of people who are lonely living in our communities. The Commission was a response to Jo’s own experience - of finding herself a fish out of water at university and experiencing deep loneliness
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About this factsheet Changes to how you can use funds in your occupational or private pension were made in 2015. Once you reach the age of 55, you now have much more freedom to access your pension savings ... savings or pension pot and to decide what to do with this money. This factsheet contains basic information about your choices with respect to drawing down pension savings. You can contact Pension Wise for more
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decisions that affect us and having our views, wishes and feelings respected and taken into consideration are vitally important to all of us. It is essential that older people feel empowered to speak up about ... support to make informed decisions, particularly in situations within which they are vulnerable.1 Older people have told us: “Voice – to be able to have my voice heard.” “Choice – to be able to choose the
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lockdown following the onset of Covid 19 at the beginning of 2020. During the recent pandemic many of us have lost loved ones, we’ve witnessed the disruption of health and care services, and heard the plight ... older people’s rights are not being upheld and promoted. Which is why we have redoubled our efforts to understand older people’s hopes, fears and aspirations during these difficult times. We’ve also made
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Why not take a look at our frequently asked questions about leaving a legacy to Age Cymru
