Objectives 2020 – 2024 Welsh Government November 2019 Introduction Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead ... to the new Strategy for an Ageing Society which ‘adopts a rights based approach’ as we believe that work is needed to increase knowledge and raise awareness of the rights of older people across Wales. For
also includes Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI. Internationally, we support programme and policy work in lower- and middle-income countries through our partner and subsidiary charity Age International ... legislation, such as a Convention for the Rights of Older Persons, would help make existing agreements work better for older people, raise awareness of the rights of older people, and fill gaps in legislation
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This includes NI contributions that you made when you were working and contributions that were credited to you if you were unable to work. For example, you may have received NI credits if you were caring ... system • the amount you’d get if the new State Pension had been in place at the start of your working life. Unlike the old State Pension, you can’t usually claim extra based on your spouse or civil
focuses on the tools the FCA uses to deliver their competition policy, firm supervision and enforcement work. Key points and recommendations We strongly agree that, in some circumstances, it is more efficient ... vulnerable consumers’ – we hope to see an approach that looks at how competition and protection can work for all consumers, whatever their level of vulnerability. We strongly welcome FCA’s consideration
appointed Paul Gray to undertake an independent review of how Personal Independence Payment (PIP) is working. The call for evidence is aimed at individuals and organisations with information about the PIP assessment ... helping people claim PIP. Local Age UKs may also choose to feed comments directly to the review. We work closely with Age Cymru and Age Scotland who support this response and have fed in comments. Age
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role, both economically and socially. There are twice as many informal, unpaid carers as paid staff working in the combined health and social care systems4. It is these carers, rather than health and social ... the carer. This impact takes multiple forms: health, both physical and mental; finances (including working life), especially future financial security; emotional strain; and inadequate support. Reaching crisis