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Spring edition 2024 Age Matters The quarterly newsletter from Age Cymru Spring 2024 Tell us what matters to you in our 2024 survey Be wary of offers to insulate your loft with spray foam Hear how ... much at least the days are getting longer and the daffodils have finally made an appearance. Spring is traditionally a time when people start thinking about becoming active and there’s plenty of information
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information for personal representatives about how to carry out their duties. It includes information on what you need to do if someone has not left a will. You should seek professional advice from a specialist ... Contents 1 Recent developments 4 2 Find out if there is a will 4 2.1 If there is no will 4 3 Dealing with the estate 4 3.1 If there is a will 4 3.2 If there is no will 5 3.3 How to apply for grant of representation
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winter, with virtually no notice and no compensatory measures to protect poor and vulnerable pensioners, is the wrong decision. Sign our petition to save the Winter Fuel Payment If you or someone you know would ... campaigns@ageuk.org.uk or write to Freepost Age UK campaigns (no stamp required). What is the Winter Fuel Payment? The Winter Fuel Payment is an annual tax-free payment for households that include someone born on
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individual is established in paragraph 47 of the revised Part 10 Code of Practice (Advocacy)1 (“the Code”) under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (“the Act”). The role is then set out ... out in Chapter 13 of the Code, “When is an individual appropriate or inappropriate to act as an advocate?” This resource reviews what the Code says about the role of the appropriate individual2 and highlights
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excess winter death rate is much higher than other colder countries. Research suggests that cold weather morbidity is preventable and a result of thermally inefficient houses that are difficult to keep ... mean temperature below 5°C.iv Age UK has estimated that the cost of the cold to the NHS in England is £1.36 billion per year.v For the 4.5 million older people who are said to be in fuel poverty,vi winter
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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 ... each year in Wales. An estimated 2,600 older people died in Wales during the winter of 2014/152 - this is more than double the figure for the previous winter. The increase was largely due to a predominant
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Volunteering Wales, search on their website for 'Friend in Need' to find this volunteering opportunity. What happens next? Once you've registered on the Volunteering Wales website and applied for this opportunity ... get to know each other. Once that bit is sorted out, we'll agree a time between you and the older person for your weekly calls to begin. More information What is the overall purpose of the role? By signing
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impact of volunteering on the wellbeing of residents, staff and volunteers, and looked to understand what is needed to make volunteering sustainable. Read our full report Watch our video to hear about the experiences
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PPI PENSIONS POLICY INSTITUTE The financial resilience of the recently retired This report is a report for Age UK’s Financial Services Commission and was initially presented at a summit event that ... summit meeting of the Financial Services Commission and is on the topic of the ‘recently retired’ and their financial resilience. The note explains what we mean by the ‘recently retired’; explores their financial
