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advocates support people in relation to their human rights; each day will shine a light on an element of the Human Rights Act and what this means for each of us in our lives. The week-long campaign ... through all care and support services, ensuring people are involved in decisions about their care. Advocates have a key role in supporting people to understand and access their human rights,
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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 ... policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address
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Welsh Government May 2018 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 healthy and fulfilled ... 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 are pleased to respond to the
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Creating an age friendly Wales Experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales during the winter Covid-19 lockdown, and the road to recovery Survey Results May 2021 Contents Page 1. About this research ... 10 7. Easing of lockdown 18 8. Challenges of moving out of lockdown 19 9. Support needed to engage in local community as lockdown eases 23 2 Experiences of Covid Survey Results May 2021 Part One:
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ourselves cool, safe and well in extreme heat. As we get older our bodies are often slow to recognise our needs and at regulating our temperature. How to protect yourself in hot weather Summer Health Advice ... contain a lot of water, so can be a cooling, refreshing and hydrating. • Fruit and salads are high in much needed vitamins, minerals and fibre - you’ll be rehydrating and eating healthily. • Frozen fruit
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how we wanted to refer to it was an early challenge in pulling together this research with Ipsos MORI. For the older people that participated in this work, it was not a word they associated with themselves ... themselves. They all, however, had an idea of what it meant in others. We use it here to capture a range of needs, typically underscored by reduced or reducing physical capacity. Perhaps more significantly, we
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... areas of England. In 2015-16, nearly 5.9 million people were helped by Age UK and our local partners with information and advice on a range of issues influencing later life. We also work closely with our
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... It proposes that employers will be able to offer shares in their business to new and existing employees, worth between £2,000 and £50,000, in return for the individual giving up certain employment rights
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... people who need it most. We run programmes to help people keep warm in winter, including support to shop around and switch energy supplier. In March, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) published its
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Scotland and in England, 165 local Age UK partners* and over 400 smaller organisations called Friends and Forums. We work with our subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 40 developing ... UK We’re local and national We operate in partnership with our national partners – Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland and 165 local Age UKs in England, charities in their own right, as well as smaller organisations
