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we? Age Cymru is the national Charity for older people in Wales, we work with our 5 local Age Cymru partners to improve the lives of older people in Wales. We have a shared vision of an Age Friendly Wales ... through a range of services available in our local communities. 2. What are we marketing? We are seeking to market our Dementia Advocacy project, funded by Welsh Government through the Gwent Regional
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4 No one should have no one - older people’s experiences of loneliness – Christopher Williams Page 7 Loneliness in later life: what are the risk factors? – Dr Deborah Morgan Page 12 Combatting loneliness ... mobilise! – Jill Mortimer Page 18 The Men’s Sheds movement in Wales – an insight from The Squirrel’s Nest – Robert Visintainer Page 20 OlympAge Games provides a festival of fun sporting activities for older
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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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Submission to the Work and Pensions Committee Pension freedoms inquiry October 2017 Ref: 2217 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts of it for academic ... academic, educational or research purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Christopher Brooks, Senior Policy Manager christopher
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Covering the length and breadth of Wales Began in 2007 Over 3,500 events Over 75,000 people £250,000 issued to local community groups to take part 490 grants issued to local community groups 96% of participants ... like to attend more Gwanwyn events 92% of participants who engaged in artistic expression reported benefit 89% reported benefit to their well-being as a result of attending a Gwanwyn event 62% now do something
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AgeUKIG31 Practical advice for making and updating your will. Wills and estate planning. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Readers’ Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. Have you been affected by any of the issues in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you
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Public Policy Statement Social care November 2017 Summary Social care is a term that covers a wide range of services that are provided in a number of different locations. The term can be used to designate ... population and increasing numbers of people with complex long-term health and care needs are placing the current system of social services under pressure, even without the funding pressures which local authorities
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against which the success of prevention should be monitored Summary findings • The outcomes of prevention often form a two stage process with first stage outcomes ‐ ‘intermediate determinants of health’ ... greater take‐up of physical activity or improved diet, leading to second stage, longer term, health related outcomes, for example improved mortality, longer healthy life expectancy or better quality of life
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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 ... policy and practice. Lucy Malenczuk lucy.malenczuk@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square London WC1H 9NA T 0800 169 80 80 F 020 3033 1000 E policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age
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Tell Me More Report on the care home resident engagement project The aim of the Tell Me More project funded by Welsh Government in line with the Care Home Action Plan Care homes action plan: final update ... living in care homes during the Covid Pandemic. The outcome will be a written report and short animated film featuring the voices of care home residents. Initially, we worked closely with two care homes, one
