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Age Cymru is a registered charity 1128436. Company limited by guarantee and registered in Wales and England 6837284. Registered office address Ground Floor, Mariners House, Trident Court, East Moors Road ... support with paying for their energy or accessing emergency support during this time. Some guidance is below: Emergency measures were agreed by all UK domestic suppliers to prioritise those already in need
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Chief Executive, November 2021 As we leave autumn and enter winter many of us are thinking about what the coming months will bring. Colder and shorter days means there are fewer opportunities for us ... enough our energy and food bills are rising due to global shortages in gas supplies. It’s quite the winter cocktail. Which is why we’ve produced a special winter warmth edition of Age Matters that’s packed
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Welsh celebrity Roy Noble. HOPE is a partnership project between Age Cymru, Age Cymru local partners and Age Connects Wales partners throughout Wales. The project is funded by Welsh Government under ... across Wales. HOPE will engage with communities who can guide us to make sure the service we provide is right for the needs of older people and carers in their areas. Forums will be developed to support
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challenges for our ageing workforce – Dr Martin Hyde Page 12 Skills, knowledge, and perspective – business is recognising the benefits of supporting staff over 50 – Jill Salter and D’Yon Dowell Page 16 Older ... before. For some this is through choice while, for others, a combination of economic factors and policies such as the raising of the State Pension age mean that continuing to work is a financial imperative
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challenges for our ageing workforce – Dr Martin Hyde Page 12 Skills, knowledge, and perspective – business is recognising the benefits of supporting staff over 50 – Jill Salter and D’Yon Dowell Page 16 Older ... before. For some this is through choice while, for others, a combination of economic factors and policies such as the raising of the State Pension age mean that continuing to work is a financial imperative
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and Communications Committee National Assembly for Wales December 2018 Introduction 1. Age Cymru is the leading charity working to improve the lives of all older people in Wales. We believe older people ... many older people. 75,000 older people in Wales reported ‘always or often’ feeling lonely, and there is increasing evidence that this can have severe implications for physical and mental health. People may
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inequality have also been those most negatively affected by the pandemic. A core tenet of advocacy is to redress inequality so that people’s rights are upheld and that they are respected as individuals ... attitudes towards people who are supported through advocacy. The sample size might appear small but it represents a significant number of advocates working across Wales who are in a unique position to identify
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communicable disease. Although the NHS has been evolving to meet changing health needs for some time, there is an urgent need to increase the pace and scale of service transformation to meet the needs of an ageing ... condition – something which the older person may not understand, want or consider they need. In 2018, in its response to a Parliamentary Review,4 Welsh Government set out a long term future vision of a whole
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visit www.agecymru.org.uk/spreadthewarmth Keep on moving One of the best no cost ways to keep warm is to keep moving. You can generate heat through movement and, at the same time, boost the happy hormone ... weather outside is pleasant, try getting out into the fresh air for a walk that not only brings so many health benefits, but it can also help to break up the day. However, if the weather is not suitable
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PPI PENSIONS POLICY INSTITUTE The financial resilience of the recently retired This report is a report for Age UK’s Financial Services Commission and was initially presented at a summit event that ... summit meeting of the Financial Services Commission and is on the topic of the ‘recently retired’ and their financial resilience. The note explains what we mean by the ‘recently retired’; explores their financial
