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Age-friendly business Valuing and including older consumers in supermarkets and service companies February 2017 2 Introduction We often hear about our ageing society and the power of the ‘grey pound’ ... – many older people still struggle to access and navigate shops and other businesses. This results in exclusion and frustration for many people, and wasted opportunities for businesses. Age UK is the UK’s
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... consultation Mental Capacity and Deprivation of Liberty: A Consultation Paper considers how the law in England and Wales should regulate deprivations of liberty involving people who lack capacity to consent
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policy@ageuk.org.uk www.ageuk.org.uk Age UK is a charitable company limited by guarantee and registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address ... would like the FCA to go further than it has in requiring product defaults that give better returns to customers. 2. We agree strongly with the proposal in paragraph 9.14 of the FCA report that low interest
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Issue no. 10 The Golden Thread Advocacy Programme—Two years on—Where are we now? GTAP was funded in 2016 by Welsh Government to support the implementation of the advocacy element of the Social Services ... Commissioning Independent Professional Advocacy for Adults In Wales 2. To support and build the capacity of the advocacy sector in Wales, and 3. To raise awareness of advocacy We have now completed
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there were particular implications for older people as they were advised to be especially stringent in terms of social distancing and many older people received shielding letters. With the world turning ... anxious. Will I be able to go out and buy food? Can I take my dog for a walk? Should I let the engineer in to repair my boiler? What can I do if my prescriptions doesn’t arrive on time? Is my carer still visiting
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registered in England (registered charity number 1128267 and registered company number 6825798). The registered address is Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. 2 About this consultation In July ... July, Ofwat, the water sector regulator in England and Wales, published ‘Costs and benefits of introducing competition to residential customers in England: emerging findings’. This is part of the Government’s
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for your interest in this position. On the following pages you will find information about the Chair’s position at Age Cymru, along with details of the selection process to assist you in completing and tailoring ... tailoring your application. In order to apply you should submit: An up-to-date CV which shows your full career history – we recommend that this is no longer than three pages; A supporting statement
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mental capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment, and who are deprived of their liberty in a care home or hospital. This factsheet covers what deprivation of liberty means, the required procedure ... capacity is in factsheet 22, Arranging for someone to make decisions on your behalf. The information in this factsheet is correct for the period March 2024 to February 2025. The information in this factsheet
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Code of Practice (Advocacy) and its strategic intent. The Self Assessment Tool itself is structured in four sections reflecting the different stages of the commissioning cycle: analyse, plan, do, review ... would like to underline: This tool is for you to use in an iterative way. It can be adapted and revisited as time passes We suggest you complete it in collaboration with your team and with partners where
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Manthorpe About the Authors Valerie Lipman has worked in the older people’s voluntary sector for many years and has a particular interest in race and ethnicity in the sector. She is currently a post-doctoral research ... Manthorpe is Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit at King’s College London. She has worked in the voluntary sector and as a Board member of national and local older people’s groups. She carries
