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1.6 million older people are going without the care they need, and 2 million carers are older themselves. Here's how, with your support, Age UK is working to be here for them.
Your support can help us reach more lonely older people like Syd.
Donations like yours mean Age UK can provide vital advice, information and friendship services – every day of the year.
These services make a life-changing difference to older people like Syd, who is now receiving weekly telephone friendship calls from a befriender, Lisa.
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I’m getting better with the help of you people. I know the care’s there and it’s a wonderful thing. I now know life’s worth living.