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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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Getting your affairs in order and thinking about your care needs Thinking about end of life 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by ... Panel at www.ageuk.org.uk/readers-panel. 2) Tell us your story. We want to include real voices of real people in our guides. We’d love to hear about your experiences. Email us at stories@ageuk.org.uk. This
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pensions and tax allowances. It is useful for people from age 50, although the information is relevant to people looking at planning their retirement at any age. The following factsheets may also be of interest: ... FS91 Pension freedom and benefits The information in this factsheet is correct for the period May 2024 to April 2025. Benefit rates are reviewed annually and take effect in April but rules and figures can
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assessments from referrals 12 Table 3: Time from assessment to care being in place 2019/20 and 20/21 13 Acknowledgements Age Cymru want to thank all the local authorities across Wales, the social care ... care leads, Care and Repair Cymru, and the older people and older carers across Wales who we spoke to – all of whom helped shape this work. 2 Why are we waiting? Delays in care assessments in Wales - August
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depression as we grow older. From time to time we can all feel a bit sad or fed up, especially when something stressful or upsetting has happened. These are a normal reaction to life events and the feelings often ... depression can be triggered off by stressful events. If you’re feeling depressed then you’re likely to be experiencing more intense, persistent feelings such as sadness and helplessness. You may also have
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AgeUKIG02 Navigating later life. LGBT+. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ Panel. You don’t need any ... Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared
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AgeUKIG24 Looking after yourself physically and mentally. Healthy living. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ ... Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information guide has been prepared
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Visual Arts Creating an age friendly Wales Photo collage This is a great activity to get people thinking about their hopes and wishes. They can think about the future or create a dream where anything ... done, talk to each resident about what they’d love to do most in the world • Residents can look through old magazines or images online that you can print, and collect images that can be used to make a picture
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(North and Mid Wales) Job Purpose: To meet the Community Assistance Project objectives by recruiting, inducting, training and supporting suitable volunteers within the region to deliver support at a community ... all volunteers have appropriate Disclosure and Barring Service checks prior to starting the role. 7. Provide ongoing support to volunteers. 8. When referrals are received, match the service user with the
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com/agecymru www.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 ... done to better understand the challenges facing many older people and then following their motto by ‘turning concern into action’. We’re encouraging people to seek sponsorship for committing to 10,000
