As lockdown lifts, you can help us provide support and reassurance
We have a roadmap out of restrictions, but life is still a long way from normal. Your support can help us be there for older people on the road to recovery.
We have a roadmap out of restrictions, but life is still a long way from normal. Your support can help us be there for older people on the road to recovery.
It’s been an incredibly difficult 12 months. Many older people will still need our support in the months to come.
The success of the vaccine programme, and the tentative dates put forward by the Prime Minister for the easing of lockdown, have given us all hope. But the pandemic isn’t over - and life may not go back to how it was for some time yet.
In this transition period, we must continue to be there for older people. Our range of telephone-based services - including befriending calls - are a lifeline in these times. Your support makes it happen.
A year of isolation and anxiety left widowed Beryl, 81, lonelier than ever.
"I'm very alone. It's just so sad. I often sit here and think 'God, what's going to happen to me?'"
Thanks to supporters like you, Beryl now receives regular friendship calls, giving her hope and keeping her connected.
"Whenever I put the phone down after a call with Rebecca, I feel so much better. It goes such a long way."
Your support could help transform the life of a vulnerable older person like Beryl, showing them that - no matter what - they have someone to turn to.
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"The calls are definitely a bright spark in my week. I guess it’s having another person who is interested in me. That’s wonderful."
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"Age UK is important. They give people a lot of information and reach out to people when they need help."
We provide a range of information and advice to help older people stay healthy through the winter months - with this year especially important. Our free Winter Wrapped Up guide provides information on topics such as staying warm at home and avoiding illnesses. Meanwhile, our website covers everything from getting help with bills to avoiding slips and falls.
We work hard to make sure older people have the latest information, advice and insight into coronavirus, and what it means for them. Right now, our webpages and blogs on the COVID-19 vaccination programme are helping older people and those that care for them understand the process of being vaccinated and how to spot false or misleading information.
"We'll be gathering outside to light a candle for my mum and chat about how wonderful she was." 💜
— Age UK (@age_uk) March 23, 2021
Charlotte Lynch, Age UK's Health & Policy Manager, explains how the National #DayOfReflection is a way for her to grieve and share her love for her mum: https://t.co/BHSIY0jSoO pic.twitter.com/n0pdQkVNWr
Your support can give an older person the help they so urgently need this winter.