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people each year by providing advice, combatting loneliness and enabling independence. We are local We work as part of a network of independent charities which includes Age UK, Age Cymru, Age NI and Age Scotland ... Scotland and over 150 local Age UK partners in England and Wales. We are international We work with our international subsidiary charity, Age International, to fund programmes in over 30 developing countries
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Cardiff told us they are supporting our Big Step fundraiser. Equally impressive was the amount of work they have done to better understand the challenges facing many older people and then following their ... in July where the charity will be holding its annual fundraiser to help raise vital funds for its work. Supporters will be asked to walk 10,000 steps a day throughout the month and seek sponsorship for
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the worse-off households getting poorer – and that this happened to both pensioner households and working age households. Official data on material deprivation among pensioners, on the other hand, paint ... the freezing of working-age benefits for four years, the reduction in the household benefit cap, the limit to the Child Tax credit, and the introduction of compulsory apprenticeships or work placements for
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range of articles on the work of Age Cymru and Age Cymru local partners in this edition. I wanted to take this opportunity to say how proud I am of the whole team for their work in achieving the Investing ... Investing in Volunteer Quality Mark and how much we value the contributions volunteers make to the work of the Charity every day, whether they’re making a friendship call, leading an activity session, advocating
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NHS to both meet the needs of existing users and to support ongoing efforts to transform the way it works. This must include accommodating any future pay rises for NHS staff so there is no impact on the availability ... outcomes at retirement: to maximise the benefits of the ‘freedom and choice’ reforms, HM Treasury should work with the FCA and other stakeholders to develop suitable product default pathways to help guide disengaged
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advocacy under the Act. Support the development of sustainable models for advocacy service delivery. Work with new and existing service providers to ensure they are tender ready for statutory advocacy commissioning ... bodies and service providers in using resources more efficiently to support well-being outcomes. Work with representative groups of potential service users and carers to raise awareness of advocacy in
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wider contexts of ageing. With people working longer and with changes to the state pension age, many more older people in their 60s are now living with anxieties from work and financial insecurity. Changes ... suggestions for more can be done on prevention: Signposting Group interventions Intergenerational work More recognition would be beneficial in this area, as it can often be easy to identify people at risk
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until the end of March 2023. Thirteen of the fifteen project staff are now in post and already working with older people, carers, volunteers and organisations across Wales. This exciting new project ... advocacy or any form of statutory advocacy and we won’t duplicate existing services, but rather we’ll work with and complement the existing advocacy providers across Wales. HOPE will engage with communities
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2 A2.b. What do you use the internet for? e Contacting friends/family e Finding out information e Work e Social media e Banking e Online shopping e Video calling friends or family e Playing games e Other ... apply) e Retired e Employed full-time e Employed part-time (working 30 hours or less) e Unable to work due to disability/illness e Unable to work due to caring responsibilities e Self-employed full-time
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Pension age, in need of support. It seems that the majority who are referred to food banks are of working age. Advisers told us that in their experience the need to access food banks most commonly arises ... e/IA_campaign_report_2013.pdf?dtrk=true Although most food bank enquiries were from people of working age, Age UKs also refer some pensioners to food banks. In situations such as the two cases described
