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active women 18 Cluster 3 comprises men who live in the largest households 19 Cluster 4 comprises working women with modest means 20 Cluster 5, all retired, forms the largest cluster 21 Cluster 6 faces ... circumstances. Common attitudes across Generation R were: They consider theirs to be a resilient, hard-working generation that did not expect or rely on hand-outs and always ‘made do’ with what they had, rather
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Benefits and financial help 9 Benefits calculators 10 Financial support 11 Help with Council Tax 13 Working carers 16 Complaints 17 NHS Service 20 Organisations to support you 22 • National organisations ... neighbours. Supporting Carers Caring can have an impact on many aspects of your life – from money and work to health and wellbeing. For many carers, they see themselves less as a ‘carer’ and more as a partner
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experiences of people aged 50 or over in Wales2 About this research During March and April 2024, Age Cymru worked in partnership with the four national older people’s organisations to understand what really matters ... struggle now as I have to depend on my family or relatives to get me to appointments. My children work and are busy with their own lives. I struggle as I have to use public transportation to get to my
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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
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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
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collaborative working with local and regional partners. • Resources – effectively using internal resources and gaining ‘buy-in’ from all. What were the successes of the programme? New approaches to working with ... gardening activities, organising a summer day out, walks, and looking to develop ‘men in sheds’, working with a local dementia association.’ ‘Staff are braver about delivering sessions to people with dementia
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guidance for social care managers and social workers November 2018 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 ... Halifax and British Gas. The group’s aim is to make Wales a safer place for vulnerable people by working as a partnership of organisations that can influence change in areas where scammers currently operate
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Particular areas of focus in financial services in the recent past have been payment systems (including work on the future of cheques); access to banking more generally (for example accessibility of telephone ... almost 30% in the next 20 yearsii. Yet Age UK research in 2011 found that payment systems were not working well for many older peopleiii. New developments that make it harder to obtain wages and benefits
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year, providing support, companionship and advice for 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 Cymru ... and hundreds of smaller organisations called Age UK Friends and Forums. We are international We work with our international subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 30 developing
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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
