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The State Pension is a regular payment made to you by the government once you reach State Pension age. There are two types of State Pension and both are based on your previous National Insurance contribution ... effect, replacing the Basic State Pension that existed before it. Which pension applies to you will depend on whether you reached State Pension age before the New State Pension came into force - see below. The
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poverty is a significant problem for many older people in Wales. In Wales, fuel poverty is defined as needing to spend 10 per cent or more of household income on fuel to maintain a heating regime adequate ... Government and Public Health Wales should adopt the NICE guidelines on tackling excess winter deaths as a priority. Given the likelihood that energy prices will continue to rise, the UK and Welsh Governments
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complex web of factors, and it is difficult to view it as the only factor that impacts upon an individual’s ability to work longer. Other factors, such as caring responsibilities, may also be barriers. • Flexible ... reducing the risk of older workers having to leave work. • Age UK supports the Mid-Life Career Review, as a means of planning for the rest of working life and beyond. 1. Introduction The UK has an ageing
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Road, Cardiff CF24 5TD. ©2020 Age Cymru. Creating an age friendly Wales Getting advice If the person you’re helping is aged 50 or over and needs advice, please ask them to call Age Cymru Advice on 08000 223 ... can assist older people themselves, their family, friends, carers, or professionals. If the person you’re supporting is aged under 50, please ask them to call Citizens Advice on 03444 77 20 20 or visit
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resources and signposting information for volunteers as necessary. 6. To co-ordinate the attendance and contribution of volunteers at key promotional events as necessary 7. To ensure volunteers receive regular ... effective monitoring, evaluation and reporting of all volunteer activity in line with agreed practice as required. 9. To create, maintain and update the ‘Friend in Need’ service on the Age Cymru website
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experience of trainers. Working in partnership with several organisations within a community is seen as key for the cascading of information from the training packs – with volunteers based in the community ... offer for our volunteers so I saw this as an opportunity… it was a nice and easy way of someone giving me the resources and then just pulling the volunteers together, as it is really difficult to provide tailored
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principles and duties of the Act Module 3 – Golden Thread Aims to promote understanding of advocacy as the Golden Thread that runs throughout the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (the Act) ... choice and representation Advocacy definitions 7 Section 181(2) of the Act defines “advocacy services” as: “services which provide assistance (by way of representation or otherwise) to persons for purposes
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increase in the level of engagement by advocacy providers over the past two years in exercises such as the Advocacy Counts survey provide a broader picture of advocacy services for adults in Wales. There ... of the issues raised. We would also like to thank everyone who assisted in preparing the survey to go live and in the production of the report. For further information, please contact: Louise Hughes Head
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seen a significant increase in benefit advice calls during the Covid-19 pandemic, as less support has been available as local services were either closed or offering limited face to face advice services ... of advocacy is to redress inequality so that people’s rights are upheld and that they are respected as individuals who are listened to and understood irrespective of who they are or any health condition
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housing units 77% of which is for rent and there was generally more choice for social housing tenants as opposed to owner/occupiers, particularly for at the lower end of the housing market. Sue explained ... certainty around future housing policy. Baroness Greengross commented that many people became disabled as they got older, so suitably designed housing was extremely important. Baroness Greengross introduced
