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is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people should be able to lead healthy and fulfilled lives, have adequate income, access to high quality ... future. We seek to provide a strong voice for all older people in Wales and to raise awareness of the issues of importance to them. We are pleased to respond to the Fair Work Commission’s call for evidence
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experience of later life. Older people are valued, included and able to shape decisions affecting their lives. The Consultative Forum plays a key role at Age Cymru and helps ensure that the voices of older ... older people are heard at all levels of our organisation. The Consultative Forum provides guidance in relation to the key activities of Age Cymru; contributes to Age Cymru events and activities including conferences
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and there is a clear need to help people plan their future careers as they approach the latter part of their working life. Many people are likely to struggle to stay in work, and we believe there is a ... Government, employers, pension schemes and individuals will all benefit – and the July 2017 announcement of bringing forward the SPA rise to 68 reinforces its importance. This paper aims to start a discussion
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Service Evaluation An introductory guide Vinal K Karania Page 1 of 14 April 2017 Contents ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ... .......................................................................................... 3 Types of Evaluation .......................................................................................
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and the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi) undertook a survey of advocates and gathered evidence of the impact of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. The report -“Valuing Voices in Wales: ... beyond”formed the basis of The Big Eventswhich were a virtual series of five webinars arranged and organised by HOPE (Helping others participate and engage), held over a period of two weeks, between 19 October
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The new State Pension is a regular payment from Government that most people can claim in later life. You can claim the new State Pension at State Pension age if you have at least 10 years National Insurance ... have: 35 years or more of NI contributions, you will get the full amount between 10 and 34 years of contributions, you will receive a proportion of the pension less than 10 years of NI contributions, you
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health and social care they need to live a fulfilled life. Project 360° aims to ensure that services provided by Age Alliance Wales members are meeting the needs of older veterans, and that the right support ... given to older veterans through a 360° provision. The project will also bring the combined services of Age Cymru and Age Alliance Wales to those veterans attending Woody’s Lodge in an environment in which
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Ethnic minorities – Older Gypsies and Travellers Demographic overview The ethnic minority populations of the United Kingdom are heterogeneous with widely different individual group characteristics. However ... are, in general, much younger than the majority White British population with the notable exceptions of the White Irish and Black Caribbean ethnic groups.1 [Table 1] The smallest pre-identified ethnic minority
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neighbourhood issues Factsheet 9w November 2023 2 of 44 Contents 1 Information about this factsheet 4 1.1 If you rent your home – recent housing legislation ... (Wales) Act 2016 4 2 Anti-social behaviour in housing – background information 6 3 Keeping a record of issues 7 4 Common problems, who to contact and actions that can be
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Neighbourhood effects, such as the concentration of individuals from particular ethnic groups and levels of local deprivation, can impact upon the labour market performance of ethnic minorities and thus impact upon ... protection. Using data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (Understanding Society), linked with a range of neighbourhood characteristics from the 2011 UK Census, this research sheds light on the relationship
