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Committee is conducting an inquiry into the role councillors play in their communities. The inquiry will cover a range of aspects of a councillor's role. Age UK has a particular interest in the aspect of ... in their ward. Better council services Older people expect better council services. Councillors will be aware that care and support services have faced unprecedented challenges as a result of budget
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the Payment Systems Regulator or PSR was incorporated as a subsidiary of the FCA in April 2014 and will be fully operational in April 2015. The FCA has published a call for inputs, focused especially on ... service users need and how they currently use payment systems. This will require the PSR to commission independent research. The PSR will also need strategies to ensure it engages effectively with service
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you for your interest in being a non-executive Director of Age Cymru Enterprises. I hope that you will find this pack informative and useful in supporting your decision to apply. Age Cymru is the leading ... We are looking to recruit a non-executive Director of Age Cymru Enterprises who is dedicated and will support the operation to new levels of success, and ensure that it is fully able to contribute to
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welcomes the development of a framework to support bereaved people in Wales. This important development will assist in reducing inequalities across Wales in access to bereavement support and help to address ... additional support above that from their usual support networks will increase. We hope that in developing this framework that Welsh Government will consider the resources needed to deliver this framework and
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people awaiting treatment will have significantly poorer quality of life, some will be unable to work, some will be unable to provide childcare for their families and some will be at risk of losing employment ... employment whilst waiting for treatment. Increasing waiting times will have a huge effect on the wider Welsh economy. It is therefore vital that the Welsh NHS prioritises rebuilding capacity for elective
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public authority. All human rights are potentially relevant to you; however, it is likely that you will find some more significant to you than others. I have the right to have my life protected and not ... severe treatment to reach the threshold of Article 3, however whether treatment meets this threshold will depend on the facts of the individual case. Torture is severe physical or mental harm inflicted by
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well-being of individuals through advocacy and to give them a stronger voice This national programme will: Support strategic health and social care management/commissioning teams and front line professionals ... is consistency of scoring in self-assessment exercises. We have tried to provide a structure that will ensure a standard approach to scoring as far as possible. The Table on the following page describes
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new requirements placed upon local authorities it is anticipated that demand for advocacy services will continue to grow and therefore the availability and sustainability of services is a priority for all ... the survey suggest that cases are becoming increasingly complex and timeconsuming and that this too will have an impact on the sustainability of services in the future. Acknowledgements Age Cymru are grateful
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workshops. The document is being supported by a toolkit which is still in early stages of development but will support the sections of the framework. The Framework itself is focussed around the commissioning ... commissioners to assess themselves against. The next stages of the development will be completed during the summer and early autumn and there will be a range of engagement workshops to do this. The team have also
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already extremely active. b. Try new physical exercises and physical activities that you think that you will enjoy. c. Engage in strength training and exercises that improve flexibility and balance in addition ... your efforts. e. Make concrete plans to move your body – think about when, where and with whom you will be physically active. 3. Incorporate physical activity as a part of a healthy lifestyle to help reduce
