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Creating an age friendly Wales 147 volunteers active over the year 531 enquiries this year 2,121 volunteer hours 100% felt they received excellent or good support Volunteers Quality Performance Mark (QPM) ... 89% of people said they had their issue(s) resolved positively 11% were unsure Training 99% rated the training as good or excellent 886 people attended our development / training events and webinars
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A summary of Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life Age UK Policy and Research Department Dr Marcus Green Professor José Iparraguirre Dr Susan Davidson Phil Rossall University of Southampton Professor ... life Contents Introduction 3 What did we do? 4 Our statistical work 4 Key findings 5 Age UK’s Index of Wellbeing in Later Life 8 How is older people’s wellbeing across 9 the whole population? Who is struggling
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The primary role of a Listen and Connect Volunteer is to: Empathetically listen to callers and where necessary, signpost them at their request Talk to callers being non-judgemental, confidential and compassionate; ... compassionate; and explore the issues that are important to them Provide our clients with time and space to listen to their stories and concerns, and offer reflection and support to help them find their
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Age Cymru produces public policy statements, evidence and consultation statements and statistics about major issues affecting older people in Wales
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and Advice for Older People Evidence Review This evidence review is part of a series produced by Age UK, in order to provide evidence to underpin decision-making for people involved in commissioning, ... Evidence Review 1 Key messages 3 1 Definitions 4 2 Policy context 7 3 The need for information and advice 14 4 Addressing the need for information and advice 19 5 Examples of information and advice
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bobble hat Call us old fashioned, but there’s nothing quite like a classic bobble dazzler to get hooks looping. how you crochet it: (in blue) Start 6 dc in a magic ring [6] round 1: (in pink) inc in all 6 st ... level Age UK is a registered charity (number 1128267) Fasten off and sew in end. making up: Make a large pompom with both colours either using a pompom maker or a fork. Sew it nice and securely to the top
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Age UK’s fit for the future Project Evaluation Report Andrea Wigfield Erika Kispeter Sarah Alden Royce Turner With contribution from Tom Clarke CIRCLE (Centre for International Research on ... University of Leeds July 2015 fit as a fiddle is a programme run by Age UK and funded by the Big Lottery Fund as part of the Wellbeing programme www.ageuk.org.uk www.fitasafiddle.org.uk 2 Contents
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1 Age Cymru Dementia Advocacy Project Marketing Brief February 2021 1. Who are we? Age Cymru is the national Charity for older people in Wales, we work with our 5 local Age Cymru partners to improve ... improve the lives of older people in Wales. We have a shared vision of an Age Friendly Wales and together we work to make life better for older people in Wales through our influencing and campaigning, through
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Painful Journeys Why getting to hospital appointments is a major issue for older people IN-DEPTH POLICY REPORT 2 Introduction For most of us just having a hospital appointment is enough to worry about ... make the journey alone, in chronic pain and having to take three different buses to get there. This is the reality for many of the older people we have heard from. That’s why Age UK is calling on the Government
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Wales, representing 12.1% of the Welsh population (the average across England and Wales combined is 10.3% of the population)2. Currently more than 6.5 million people across the UK provide care for family ... carers will be needed by 2037 based on current demographic projections4. The Welsh Government defines a carer as “anyone of any age, who provides unpaid care and support to a relative, friend or neighbour
