Health and wellbeing

Our winter campaign provides support in many ways and prevents thousands of older people suffering needlessly during the cold months.

Our Ageing Well programme helps people aged 50 and over to make positive lifestyle choices and stay healthy and active.

Advice on all aspects of keeping your body healthy, from your bones to your hearing.

It's never too late to get more active, and getting moving can make a big difference to your wellbeing.

There are many reasons why the risk of falls and fractures increases with age, including weaker bones and muscles and being less mobile.

Low Impact Functional Training (LIFT) is a series of activities and games designed to get older people taking part in physical activity in your local community.

Gwanwyn is a month-long national festival held across Wales in May each year celebrating creativity in older age.

cARTrefu is a two year programme run by Gwanwyn which aims to improve access to quality arts experiences for older people in residential care.

One in four people will get shingles in their lifetime. Almost all adults in the UK have had chickenpox. Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox, the varicella zoster virus. The virus can reactivate later in life to cause shingles.