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Department for Business Innovation & Skills call for evidence on improving the consumer landscape and quicker switching June 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper ... purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Phil Mawhinney phil.mawhinney@ageuk.org.uk Age UK Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square
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October 2010 This briefing explores older peoples’ involvement in volunteering and politics. Nearly 4.9 million people aged 65 and over in England (58%) take part in volunteering or civic engagement.1 In our ... that that 39% of people aged 65-74 and 24% of those 75+ said they were involved in formal volunteering at least once per year.3 Volunteering benefits both health and quality of life. Older volunteers
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Promising approaches to reducing loneliness and isolation in later life 2 January 2015 Report author: Kate Jopling Literature searches and screening: Konstantina Vasileiou About us Age UK is the country’s ... country’s largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. Age UK provides a wide range of services and its information and advice reaches 5 million people each year. The Age UK network
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information and advice service to older people, their carers and families in Wales on a range of issues including: W elfare benefits for older people including checking benefit entitlement H ealth and social ... repairs and adaptations and heatingL egal issues such as Wills and Power of AttorneyBereavement and death Local services and opportunities to engage in new activitiesWe also provide a gateway to our national
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of older people’s experiences of the lock-down in Wales has highlighted some serious difficulties and hardships. The survey, funded by the Welsh Government, was carried out in partnership with Cymru Older ... National Pensioners Convention Wales, and Pensioners Forum Wales. It revealed that 70% of respondents had some difficulty accessing health services for both hospital and GP appointments, while 78% of respondents
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purposes or where the prior consent of Age UK has been obtained for influencing or developing policy and practice. Name: Gemma Bradshaw Email: gemma.bradshaw@ageuk.org.uk Age UK 1-6 Tavistock Square ... 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 is 207-221
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AgeUKIG08 Different types of housing to suit you. Housing options. 2 We’d love to hear from you. 1) Join our Readers’ Panel. Have your say and be involved in updating our guides by joining our Readers’ ... in this guide? Has Age UK’s information and advice helped? If so, we’d love to hear from you to provide relatable examples that benefit others. Email your story to stories@ageuk.org.uk. This information
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Professional Advocacy for Adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 A Framework and Toolkit Ministerial Foreword I am pleased to be able to introduce the National Framework for Commissioning ... Wales. I want to emphasise that securing strong voice, choice and control for individuals is a key principle of Welsh Government and this is clearly reflected in the recent legislation and policy we have
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Gearing up Housing Associations’ responses to tenants with dementia from black and minority ethnic groups Valerie Lipman, Jill Manthorpe About the Authors Valerie Lipman has worked in the older people’s ... people’s voluntary sector for many years and has a particular interest in race and ethnicity in the sector. She is currently a post-doctoral research intern at the Social Care Workforce Research Unit, King’s College
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Confidence EQUALITIES AND DIVERSITY MONITORING FORM Age Cymru is strongly committed to equality and diversity. This commitment is fundamental to the achievement of Age Cymru’s vision and objectives. So that ... that we can measure how far we are succeeding in promoting equality and diversity, we would be grateful if you would complete this fully anonymised monitoring form. The information gained from this form
