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discrimination, ageism is based on inaccurate stereotypes, and often in the case of older people, assumptions about a person’s ability and competence due to their age. An effect of ageism is that older people ... result society is failing to benefit fully from the valuable resources that older people offer – as potential employees, volunteers, elected representatives and in many other roles. The Equality Act 2010
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Policy Statement Fuel poverty October 2017 Fuel poverty is a significant problem for many older people in Wales. In Wales, fuel poverty is defined as needing to spend 10 per cent or more of household ... people are the group most likely to suffer from fuel poverty. On average there are around 1,600 excess winter deaths each year in Wales. An estimated 2,600 older people died in Wales during the winter of
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Age Matters The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Summer 2023 Age Matters The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Creating an age friendly Wales facebook.com/agecymru twitter.com/agecymru www.agecymru ... agecymru.org.uk 2 The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Summer edition 2023 Welcome Welcome to our Summer edition of Age Matters. In this edition you can find out about our Big Step fundraiser. We were
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Find out more about the policy work we do with and for older people in Wales
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Our values support the way we do our work with and for older people in Wales
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We want to hear the views and experiences of people aged 50 or over across Wales
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Information about financial help available through the Social Fund and other sources of discretionary support.
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Information about the benefits available to help pay for care in your own home.
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Draft strategy for engaging the general public in action on climate change Welsh Government December 2022 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people ... 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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forms of discrimination, ageism is based on inaccurate stereotypes. These ageist attitudes are all too often reflected and amplified by the media. The effect of ageism is that older people frequently experience ... experience discriminatory treatment. As a result society is failing to benefit fully from the valuable resources that older people offer – as potential employees, volunteers, elected representatives and
