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we protect volunteers by making sure that volunteers are well looked after and that they’re fit to work. It’s important that volunteers are treated with respect and dignity. As a volunteer, your gift of ... 5TD. © Age Cymru 2023 ● Ensure that volunteers operate in a safe working environment. ● Ensure that volunteers understand and work within [name of Care Home] ’s professional boundaries, and policies
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priority. These are Age UK’s headline public policy proposals: Every local authority should be working towards achieving age friendly status – communities that offer a good quality of life to all generations ... should consider how best to take action to improve neighbourhoods for all ages. Local activists should work with the voluntary sector and community groups to challenge national and local government to listen
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13.2 Budgeting Loans from the Social Fund scheme (operated by the Department for Work & Pensions – DWP) 47 13.3 The Welsh Government’s Discretionary Assistance ... 48 13.4 Charities and other sources of funding, such as benevolent funds 49 14 Useful organisations 51 15 Further information about Age Cymru 58 Factsheet 42w February
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Chief Executive, September 2021 This year, the months have passed by quickly and autumn is already upon us. We’re delighted that over the summer our physical activity programmes have been getting back into ... we continue to be here for the older people that need us, we’re encouraging people to support us by counting steps in October and working with us to raise the funds to deliver our vital services. Read
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Committee National Assembly for Wales December 2018 Introduction 1. 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 ... Communications Committee’s ‘Count me In’ consultation looking into how publicly funded bodies can use culture to tackle poverty and social exclusion in Wales. 3. Loneliness and isolation are a daily
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language, and knowledge and understanding of legislative changes in advocacy. Our evidence has been used to influence grant funders, commissioners, and Ministers in Welsh Government. We have called for an ... individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the center of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving
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language, and knowledge and understanding of legislative changes in advocacy. Our evidence has been used to influence grant funders, commissioners, and Ministers in Welsh Government. We have called for an ... individuals to ensure that the person (and their well-being outcomes) is placed at the center of the work of support services. Independent advocacy gives citizens voice, choice and control over achieving
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solely on the state pension (having no other pension savings); stopping work having belonged to a skilled trade, administrative work or sales ; and becoming single 3 Age UK Poverty Evidence Review 2014 ... but only includes those results which the authors consider generally reliable and timely enough to use. Why does poverty matter? Poverty has an adverse effect on both individuals and society. If people
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Trustees and Annual Accounts 2016/17 Report of Trustees and Annual Accounts 2016/17 3 Overview How we work 4 Message from our Chairman 6 Message from our Chief Executive 8 Trustees’ Report How we raised our ... providing support, companionship and advice for the older people who need it most. We are local We work as part of a network of independent charities which includes Age UK; our national partners Age NI
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Friendly”. The importance of bank branches Age UK is calling for all banks and building societies to work harder to respond to the needs of their older customers and our ageing society and to raise awareness ... older people are able to use internet banking, we know that around a quarter (26%) of people aged 65 to 74 and around three-fifths (61%) of people aged 75+ do not regularly use the internet. Many older
