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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 Tavis House 1-6 ... abuse needs to be strengthened to offer better protection to victims. It is specifically focused on whether we should create a specific offence that captures patterns of coercive and controlling behaviour
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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... CF24 5TD. ©202l Age Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Getting advice If the person you’re helping is aged 50 or over and needs advice, please ask them to call Age Cymru Advice on 0300 303 44 98, available
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• Advance Decision (Living Will) Age Cymru is the national charity for older people in Wales. We campaign, we research and we fundraise to make sure we build a better life for all older people. We ensure ... heard, we challenge and change attitudes and we fight discrimination wherever we find it. We provide a range of national and local services and programmes directly to older people in the community and we
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UK Project Vinal K Karania (Research Manager), December 2016 BACKGROUND WHAT IS ONE DIGITAL? • Big Lottery-funded venture led by a partnership of Digital Unite, Affinity Sutton, AbilityNet, SCVO, Age UK ... intermediaries to be Digital Champions is a highly effective and sustainable way of delivering digital skills. • More information about the overall programme is presented at www.digitalchampionsnetwork
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factsheet 3 2 Free NHS prescriptions in Wales 3 2.1 Residents in Wales with a GP in Wales 3 2.2 Residents in Wales who have a GP in England 3 2.3 Medical Exemption Certificates for free prescriptions ... in all parts of the UK 4 3 Free NHS services for people who have reached a particular age 5 3.1 Free NHS services once you reach the age of 60 5 3
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Creating an age friendly Wales A toolkit to support the application of the Framework for Commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act ... More about advocacy 4 2 The legislative requirements and procedures 8 3 The circumstances when it is appropriate to use independent professional advocacy 11 4 How to ensure governance oversight 15 5
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Pension and new State Pension have to be increased at least in line with average earnings, so given a period of low earnings inflation, the triple lock has made an important difference to the value of the ... still only add up to about £7,000 a year - a modest amount equivalent to only about half the current minimum living wage. Overall spending on the State Pension in the UK is low compared to that in many other
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Policy Statement Information, advice and advocacyMay 2021Summary Good q uality information and advice is essential for older people. Factually accurate and impartial information and advice help us to make ... entitlements and contribute to society. Advocacy services are essential to ensure that every older person has a voice and receives the support they need.T he Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 places
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recently completed Advocacy Counts 6, the 6th report on advocacy provision for adults in Wales with a particular emphasis on older people. Over the last 12 years Age Cymru has been reviewing availability ... within the Act. Advocacy Counts 6 provides a snapshot of the current situation in Wales. Summary of findings since Advocacy Counts 5 in 2016 There has been a 32% drop in the number of advocacy services
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campaigning ...................................................................................... 2 What you can do to help .............................................................................. ... winter, with virtually no notice and no compensatory measures to protect poor and vulnerable pensioners, is the wrong decision. We’re working alongside Age UK, and our other partner charities Age Scotland and
