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plan reviews. Different models of funding for lunch clubs should be explored by local authorities working with the third sector to allow these valuable community groups to be established on a sustainable ... available to those who need it. The Welsh Government, the local authorities and other funders must work together and with third sector organisations to ensure that the preventative services they provide
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relation to carers Welsh Assembly August 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 ... had given up work to care and 18% had reduced their working hours. 23% of working carers were worried about their ability to remain in work. Older women are more likely to have given up work or reduced their
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18. Housing. 20. Social care. 24. Health. 28. End-of-life support. 34. Employment and rights at work. 36. Leisure and learning. 38. 4 What this guide is about. It’s good to know where to turn if you ... Age NI have their own versions of this guide. Age UK’s online benefits calculator can also help you work out what you might be entitled to. Tel: 0800 169 65 65. www.ageuk.org.uk/benefits-check. Carer’s
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There is scope for significant regulatory intervention to resolve these issues. The FCA should work with HM Treasury and other stakeholders to develop suitable product default pathways. These will help ... in depth research to build a proper picture. The FCA, HM Treasury and Department for Work and Pensions should work together to develop a method for improving the data available for analysis. 1. Introduction
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highlight our new guide to creating older people’s forums. We’re also asking you, our readers, to do some work! We’ve just launched our annual survey for 2024 which is attached to this newsletter, and we’d really ... Spring edition 2024 regarding issues such as health and social care, finances, caring, transport and work. It’s also helped us to inform and influence key decision makers and helped shape our own policies
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overlooked. This report brings together findings from a survey, carried out in June 2020, of 72 advocates working across Wales. Advocates shared urgent concerns which reflect not only the restrictions that the pandemic ... advocacy. The sample size might appear small but it represents a significant number of advocates working across Wales who are in a unique position to identify weaknesses in systems and blanket abuses of
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of life in which change needs to be brought about to deliver an age friendly Wales. These include work, social inclusion, health and social care, financial inclusion, housing, communities and transport ... sets the scene with an overview of the age friendly movement and the development of age friendly work in Europe, the UK and Wales to date. The article features the World Health Organisation’s Global Network
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older people about the problems they face with money matters and the lack of solutions that really work for them. We set up the Financial Services Commission because we believe older people deserve better ... opportunity for those in the financial services industry to provide products and services that really work for older people and enable them to become and remain resilient. In partnership with the Chartered
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Employed full-time Employed part-time (working 30 hours or less) Self-employed full-time Self-employed part-time Not in paid work Doing voluntary work Other (Please specify) ________ 9 Do ... activities. We’d like to contact you in the future about the project, keep you informed about our work and potentially contact you to gather more information. Can we contact you in the future about this
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the voices of care home residents. Initially, we worked closely with two care homes, one in South Wales and one in North Wales, to discover what worked well for them in terms of how to connect virtually ... December 2021 Engagement We’ll invite a broad geographical range of care homes across Wales, and work with at least 20 to engage with around five residents per home, 100 residents in total. Portraits
