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  1. Get Going Together

    maximum relevance and take up, as well as offering opportunities for peer to peer support through volunteering – making participation less daunting. Between November 2013 and September 2016, GGT reached over 

  2. Dunelm

    Dunelm is committed to using its resources to support older people directly - through colleague volunteering, product donations, and customer facing‑ activities in stores, Pausa Cafés and online.

  3. Our policy positions

    exploitation and abuse. Older people contribute a huge amount to society and the economy. Through work, volunteering, caring or grandparenting, older people take part in a range of activities all of which carry

  4. Visiting the National Memorial Arboretum

    “To be able to come here with veterans is huge privilege,” says Judith Keegan (pictured below), Volunteering Manager at Age UK Nottingham & Nottinghamshire , who’s been seconded to the Joining Forces/Forces ... (pictured) has a unique perspective on this, being a veteran – having served in the RAF – and now a volunteer with Joining Forces. “I’m almost 70, and have an aunt of 93, who lives in another part of the country

  5. Keep dancing

    gathered in the ballroom. “It’s always a really special afternoon,” says Kate, Volunteering and Communications Manager at Age UK Somerset. “Around half of the people who come to the ... celebrate dancing comes naturally to the team of volunteers and staff hosting today’s event – and to one person, in particular. Age UK Somerset volunteer Tansin can be spotted leading almost all of

  6. Looking for work

    on their website. You might also want to consider volunteering opportunities. Even if an organisation doesn't need paid staff right now, volunteering can sometimes lead to further opportunities for paid ... paid work in the future. Read more about volunteering and building up your skills here Recruitment agencies (also known as employment agencies) can help you to find work. Employers sometimes contact them

  7. 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon runners

    charity makes through her volunteering works. As the Children’s Musical Director for the West End hit show ‘Matilda the Musical’, Laura ran a singing group whilst volunteering at her local Age UK, where ... for the older clients, teaching breathing exercises and ways to improve their posture. She also volunteered as a befriender to a lady called Iris, who at 99 had outlived all of her family and was very lonely

  8. Health & wellbeing

    Most popular Befriending services We combat loneliness through our befriending services, where a volunteer befriender provides companionship to an older person.

  9. Hope through adversity

    members of other community groups, where attendees were taking part in Christmas games. Staff, volunteers and people who use our services told me about the resilience they managed to find in a state of ... confidence grew, and now he's a volunteer "buddy", welcoming new members. And at a staff level, I talked to Joan. Her skill when she's out and about as an in-person befriending volunteer is her ability to spot

  10. Margaret's resilience

    they were very young. Empathy for older people Even when Margaret retired, she remained busy by volunteering at a lunch club run by a local Age UK group in Northumberland. “I loved it,” she says ... with my gran until I got married, so I love older people. I always have. “As part of my volunteering, I used to go and dish the dinner up for them, and play bingo and dominoes. I always say you should

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