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  1. Age UK and The Wombles join forces

    Be a womble and donate your unwanted gifts, goods, and clothes to your local Age UK shop, to prevent them making their way to landfill.

  2. Complaining about NHS services and hospitals

    You can make a complaint about any aspect of NHS care, treatment or services. This includes GP, hospital, pharmacy, ambulance or community services. Your concerns or complaint could be about: a specific ... help. They may be able to solve the problem quickly before it gets any worse. You can make a complaint in person or by phone, letter or email and they should acknowledge your complaint within 3 days. Step

  3. Painful Journeys

    Age UK hears from thousands of older people who really struggle with travelling to hospital. Peter, Subash and Connie explains just how painful their journeys are.

  4. Painful Journeys for veterans

    demand the Government urgently reviews the way older people including veterans travel to and from hospital.

  5. 8 tips to tackle the climate emergency

    home in recent years. Many of us will have witnessed first-hand the increasingly extreme weather conditions in the UK, with hotter summers, heavy rain and flooding. And thousands of older people in the ... overheating can have on people in later life and in recent years we have done far more to support older people to manage in very hot weather. Half a million older people live in care homes, which often don’t

  6. Responding to the cost of living crisis

    In recent years, the cost of living has increased sharply in the UK. Here’s how local Age UKs have been supporting older people.

  7. Rosemary and Rowena

    Rowena about loss, loneliness, and the importance of mother-daughter time. Rosemary is 91 and lives in Kent. She was part of our Autumn fundraising campaign, bravely sharing her experiences of loneliness ... apart. Rosemary Rosemary  “Rowena has lived in Australia for something like 30 years now. She’s a senior speech pathologist, who specialises in throat cancer and cancer of the mouth. I’m

  8. Lessons in love

    Maurice and Margaret, now in their seventh decade together, share some insights we could all learn something from

  9. Give in celebration

    Fundraise in celebration for Age UK.

  10. Ageism in the workplace

    how you are protected by the law. Under the Equality Act , you are protected from age discrimination in all aspects of your employment including recruitment, employment terms and conditions, promotions and ... use it as a deciding factor in whether to give you the job. You should not be asked about your health or any disability you might have during the recruitment process, except in very limited circumstances

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