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in order to update and refresh the Carers Strategy: Second National Action Plan 2014-2016. Key points and recommendations There are an estimated 2.75 million older people in England who need some form ... publicly-funded social care services, means the contribution of informal carers is critical and only set to increase in the future. Many carers are older people themselves and may face additional challenges
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per cent over the last 10 years There is a fuel poverty gap of nearly £900 million (which equates to an average of £370 per household) Energy efficiency There are 6 million low income homes in the UK ... in 2013 to Match 2016 Recommendations Age UK is calling for the Government to: reform its energy efficiency programmes make energy efficiency a national infrastructure priority commit to bringing
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Local Government’s Role in Responding to an Ageing Population The Local Government Association Call for Evidence Ref: 2614 November 2014 All rights reserved. Third parties may only reproduce this ... establishment of the LGA Task & Finish group, and this Call for Evidence, to consider how local authorities and communities can positively adapt to meet the opportunities and challenge of our ageing population.
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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 services ... opportunity to shape their own 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 Welsh Government’s
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August 2015 Acknowledgement The author of this report is grateful to all those involved in this project who generously gave their time to participate in the research, including the older people and the local ... findings of a qualitative evaluation of a project aimed at supporting seven local Age UK local partners to be begin offering the activity of Walking Football in their localities The qualitative evaluation
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..................................................................................... 6 Background to ‘social prescribing’ ............................................................................. ... 3 Acknowledgements The authors of this report would like to thank: Vinal K Karania, Devna Vickerman and David Terrace of Age UK National who liaised with the research team throughout the project, and
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14 July 2015. It seeks views on how to implement the Government’s manifesto commitment to require larger private and voluntary sector employers in Great Britain to publish gender pay information. It also ... views on wider action to inspire girls and young women, modernise workplaces and support older working women. Age UK is pleased to have the opportunity to make a submission in response to this consultation
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costs 14 4.1 Assessment of needs and eligibility for services 14 4.2 Paying for care home placements to meet your eligible care needs – overview 15 5 The ‘capital limit’ and ... Disability-related benefits 34 10 A ‘Minimum Income Amount’ for people in care homes who are receiving local authority assistance towards the fees 37 11 Choice of care home and third-party
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ManagerJob Purpose To provide reception and administration support. R esponsibilitiesTo provide a full reception service. To service, develop and co-ordinate Age Cymru’s meeting rooms.To provide administrative ... required. To undertake daily central services duties, for example, travel arrangements, stationary orders, mail room duties, co-ordination of the bookings diary. To carry out the b anking.To provide administrative
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Pensions (DWP) has established a review of the progress of automatic enrolment into private pension saving to date, which is also considering the future direction that policy should take. This response answers ... jobholders estimated to be ineligible for auto-enrolment, women, disabled people and BAME groups are over-represented. Age UK believes that it is vital that coverage is extended so more people can benefit from
