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Get a free weekly friendship call. We'll match you with one of our volunteers. Our service is flexible to suit the different needs of everyone who takes part.
Why do we value old objects over older people? Age UK is here to change how we age.
Here's how, with your support, Age UK is supporting older people through the cost of living crisis.
A range of products to help you make the most of later life are available through Age UK Trading, with profits given to the charity.
Visit our website to find your nearest shop as well as information about donating, recycling and volunteering.
Age UK Milton Keynes volunteer Dick Evans tells us about how he's incorporated his musical talent into his work.
Volunteer with Age UK's Connects, a free national service which provides older people with support over the phone to help them gain access to the services and activities that could benefit them.
Volunteer with The Silver Line Helpline
advice, support and a range of services to help older people. Sign up now Age UK is unable to accept volunteers who live outside the UK and is unable to sponsor visa applications. Thank you for your interest ... home from hospital. Helping an older person regain confidence after a bereavement or fall. By volunteering for your local Age UK, you will be using your skills to make a difference to older people’s
Sign up as a volunteer for the telephone friendship service to talk to older people to help loneliness and isolation.
The Age UK network is working with Yoti, a digital ID application, to provide volunteers with the ability to identify themselves to clients as well as to businesses and organisations such as grocery stores ... of their volunteer role. The Yoti application delivers a secure digital ID that features anti-spoofing technology and we believe this is a helpful addition to our services. If your volunteer manager has
has has generously supported Age UK’s work, by running the Leeds Abbey Dash multiple times and volunteering to be part of the Age UK Telephone Friendship Service.
compassionate people offering friendship and support. At the heart of all these services are volunteers . These volunteers give their time, of course, but they also provide a listening ear, empathy, a comforting ... comforting word, as well as a joke and some good cheer. We couldn't do without our befriending volunteers , but we desperately need more and next year we'll be launching a major new campaign to recruit more.
Age UK staff and volunteers pay tribute to the grandparents who continue to inspire them in their lives and work.