finances • getting phone calls from unknown callers • struggling to make ends meet • avoiding activities they used to enjoy • asking to borrow money. It can be a difficult conversation to have, but if
£1000 with us, we pay you £5 per year in interest.” Cash saving is one of the most basic financial activities carried out by nearly the whole population, so extra care must be taken to design communications ... report). In particular, there should not be a de minimis rule relating to time, because the absence of activity may itself be an indicator that the customer thinks they are “all right” and their money is being
also mentioned. Age UK advisers told us such clients would previously have been referred to the Social Fund for help but the alternative local support systems which now exist appear to be far less effective ... the welfare changes such as rent restrictions for social tenants considered to have spare bedrooms. They were also low users of the discretionary Social Fund. There are also behavioural and attitudinal
gives information about looking at your finances, including social security benefits, and housing, and looks at your eligibility for health and social care services. In Wales, following the implementation of ... Payments 5 3.2 Means-tested benefits 6 3.3 Disability benefits and Carer’s Allowance 6 4 Housing 7 4.1 Social housing 7 4.2 Private rented accommodation 8 4.3 Homelessness 8 5 Doctors, dentists, and hospital
independent advocacy in the period between Advocacy Counts 5 (2016) and Advocacy Counts 6 (2018). The Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 places a requirement on local authorities to make advocacy ... interactions with professionals.2 Advocacy should be considered as an inherent element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Findings since Advocacy Counts 5 • There has been a 32%
independent advocacy in the period between Advocacy Counts 5 (2016) and Advocacy Counts 6 (2018). The Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014 places a requirement on local authorities to make advocacy ... interactions with professionals.2 Advocacy should be considered as an inherent element of the Act to focus social care around people and their well-being.3 Findings since Advocacy Counts 5 • There has been a 32%
x • High level administration and co-ordination skills. x • Ability to work flexibly and pro-actively on own initiative and also as part of a team. x • Ability to speak Welsh. x Essential Desirable
proposal to be ‘an organisation who listens to individuals and under-represented groups, and will actively use their insights to inform and direct our work’. We are supportive of the examples as to how this
spend most days in a chair or inactive? Contact Age Cymru on 02920 431 555 and ask for the Physical Activity Team to find out what exercise classes are available in your area to suit your needs and interests
stakeholders across Wales to support the commissioning of independent professional advocacy under the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014, to build the capacity of the advocacy sector and to raise ... Independent Professional Advocacy services implemented under the new advocacy requirement within the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014. Page 2 Advocacy Counts 7 provides