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determinations by the Rent Officer 26 7 DWP Guidance 26 Useful organisations 28 Age UK 29 Support our work 29 Glossary AA – Attendance Allowance ADP – Adult Disability Payment (Scotland) AFIP – Armed Forces ... Credit DHP – Discretionary Housing Payment DLA – Disability Living Allowance DWP – Department for Work & Pensions EEA – European Economic Area ESA – Employment and Support Allowance HB – Housing Benefit
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functions, including tackling doorstep crime. Postal, telephony and internet service providers should work with their regulators and financial institutions to improve protection against scams. Financial ... UK Somerset have been working on a project with North Somerset trading standards, meeting with each person from the area who was named on a so-called 'suckers list'. Staff worked to build their trust and
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and a Code of Practice on Advocacy. The Act has also established Safeguarding Boards. Agencies must work together to safeguard individuals, to uphold an individual’s fundamental right to be safe, to minimise ... Government and local authorities should work with voluntary service providers to raise awareness of advocacy services among older people and the professionals who work with them. Older people are often targeted
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in particular includes many wider social and economic rights, such as the rights to fair and just working conditions, to healthcare and to have personal data protected. Strengthening the rights of older ... view to further shrinking the protection gap. The international dimension In this context, Age UK’s work with Age International to promote a UN Convention on the Rights of Older People becomes ever more
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Since April 2016 the Golden Thread Advocacy Programme (GTAP), funded by Welsh Government, has been working with a wide range of stakeholders across Wales to support the commissioning of independent professional ... thank everyone who has supported our work, who have opened up to the ideas and expertise within the GTAP team, who have given us time in their busy day to work with us on the development of an enormous
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and Think Local Act Personal, in May 2013. Together they will help commissioners and providers to work together with older people, to design care and support that will be successful in achieving the outcomes ... significant to them, but do not always apply to other groups. National Voices, UCLPartners and Age UK, working with other partners and with older people themselves, set out to examine whether this was true. We
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newsletter edition, detailing their journey so far through Wales as members of team HOPE. They’ve been working on a volunteer handbook as well as a volunteer training package and look forward to seeing them ... the organisation, local partners and services in their areas. This has helped them build strong working relationships with valuable contacts, meaning we’ve been able to recruit volunteers and help spread
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some form of work in the early years of retirement creates an opportunity to defer accessing retirement savings and grow savings further. This clearly requires the ability to continue to work, although research ... such as setting up your own business, would also assist for those fit enough to continue working. Reengaging with work some years after retirement is a possibility (nessessity) for some. Career advisors could
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If you have an older friend or relative close to you, our guide Winter wrapped up may help them prepare for the winter season. Find out the simple things you can do to support them.
