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No 2 January 2021 Happy New Year to you all HOPE project news Staffing update The HOPE project has seen a couple of organisational changes recently. Deiniol Jones who started with the project as the ... Co-ordinator for Cardiff & Vale has changed roles to that of Advocacy Development Officer for Cardiff & Vale and Cwm Taf Morgannwg. Sara Timothy who joined as Advocacy Development Officer for Gwent has
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appointments Be represented in meetings so your views are heard Say what matters to you in meetings or sit alongside you to give you support Understand your options Make your own decisions Be fully involved ... made that affect you Feel in control and equal to those around you Make sure your legal rights and entitlements are understood and upheld Look at ways to make you feel safe if you have been or are at
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life We are many things to many people Ageing is different for everyone and, of course, the challenges and the demands are different for everyone too. At Age UK we are many things to many people – a source ... journey we’ll take together, hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder. We all know that life’s road isn’t always an easy one. But by working together, we can start to create a world where everyone can love later life
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the operation of the discretionary Blue Badge scheme. We would like to thank the Committee and the many older people who came forward to share their stories with us, for this important result. We support ... review of the eligibility criteria for a blue badge, to consider whether there are further conditions which should automatically qualify a person to receive a blue badge, and whether the process for undertaking
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response 2 This consultation follows the Government’s announcement of 29 July 2010 that they intend to abolish the Default Retirement Age, examining how this will be achieved and what measures are needed ... main questions on: • Removing Schedule 6 (the process through which an employer can force an employee to retire) • How age discrimination and unfair dismissal will operate in the absence of Schedule 6. •
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Consultation Response Evidence to the Local Government Association - Housing Commission Ref 0716 February 2016 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this paper or parts ... charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. The Age UK network includes around 165 local Age UKs reaching most of England. In 2014-15 nearly 5.7million people came to Age UK and our
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Acknowledgements 3 3. Executive Summary 4 4. Introduction 10 Methodology 10 5. Age Cymru's commitment to advocacy 12 Age Friendly Wales 13 Golden Thread Advocacy Programme 13 6. National developments in advocacy ... Cymru are grateful to all of the advocacy service providers who took time to complete the online survey and to those who agreed to be contacted in order to get some more detailed responses to some of the issues
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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 lives, have adequate income, access to high quality services ... 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 welcome the opportunity to respond to the consultation
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some bobbles You’ll need this stuff: Easy peasy (well, it is if you take a look at the champion ‘how to knit’ guide at www.learn2knit.co.uk which will give you everything you need.) But if you’ve done a ... stitch. 1. Insert the tip of the right needle through the first loop on the left needle, from front to back. Then wrap the working yarn around the tip of the right needle. 2. Pull the tip of the right
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largest charity dedicated to helping everyone make the most of later life. We help more than 5 million people every year, providing support, companionship and advice for older people who need it most. Age ... opportunity to respond to this consultation. Our main points relate to switching and older people, particularly in the energy, telecoms and banking markets. We also make some brief points in response to the questions
