Age needs one voice. Now it has:
Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern England and
Help the Aged in England.
The new force combining &
Two million of us in later life are not able to cover our basicfood and fuel bills, let alone do all the things in retirement that we had looked forward to, because we don’t have enough money.
This may be because earlier in life we were on low income or disabled, or unemployed, or we spent a lot of time looking after other people.
We have to campaign for increases in pensions and benefits, and for everyone to receive what they are entitled to.
If any of these issues affect you or someone you care about, support our campaigns against Poverty in retirement.
One in three of us in retirement spend more than 10% of our income on fuel bills.
Campaigning to make sure that what is good about attendance allowance is kept when the way care services are provided is changed.
Many of us care for someone with health problems. We are calling for improvements to carer’s allowance and for greater support for older carers.
Many of us in later life are missing out on benefits each week because we don’t claim what’s rightfully ours.
Have your say in the decisions that affect our lives, by joining an independent local forum.
By working together in local forums, we are making our voices heard on the issues that matter to us in later life, influencing the provision of services locally, regionally and nationally.
Too many of us are still going hungry in hospital. This must end now.
Speak up! 1000s of older people already receive poor quality care - we need to make sure social care budgets are not cut any further.
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