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  1. Looking after your health and wellbeing during the cost of living crisis

    gentle chair exercises or stretching.  Moving your body gets your blood pumping, helps with your mobility and balance and keeps your body warm.   Changing how we cook and adapting our shopping lists ... you feel able to. For example, it isn't a good idea to take a shower instead of a bath if you have mobility issues that make baths much easier than showers.  Winter can be a difficult time but if you're

  2. Donate through your salary

    rate taxpayers to donate through Payroll Giving than Gift Aid as charities are unable to claim back tax above the basic rate through the Gift Aid scheme. If your company is not registered for the scheme

  3. Alicia's new life after work

    her membership to a local gym, where she’s been doing exercises to support her strength and mobility. “I walk in the swimming pool – I can walk better there than I can walk outside,” ... family and what they’ve been doing. It's so lovely.” Finding new friends and keeping mobile has helped Alicia to look at life and her future more positively. “I went through a time when

  4. Eye health

    a number of optical aids and gadgets that can assist your vision and help you stay as independent as possible for as long as possible. You’re most likely to need different aids for different activities ... activities, such as reading a book or watching television. The simplest optical aids are special magnifiers, which can help with tasks such as reading a newspaper. You can get hand-held magnifiers, or magnifiers

  5. Donate to our shops

    Winsford Cross Shopping Centre, CW7 1BA  Yes Yes Gift Aid it! Help us raise even more money from your donated goods, by signing up to Gift Aid. How your support helps Your old clothes could help us be

  6. Volunteer with the Connect and Support Service

    activities, making connections, and checking with them that all's gone well s upport an older person with mobility problems to attend a day centre or lunch club by helping them to arrange transport help an older ... to a PC/laptop to send emails and use databases, a Wi-Fi connection, and a telephone (landline or mobile) communicate effectively both verbally and in writing be willing to undertake further training and

  7. How Lesley has stayed self-sufficient

    took a call with Age UK to turn things around. Keeping mobile A natural extrovert, Lesley enjoys being social – but she lives with mobility problems that mean she requires two sticks to walk. About

  8. Age UK at the London Marathon 2019

    video and relive the magic of this year's Virgin Money London Marathon, including those who ran in aid of Age UK. This year, 86 people ran the Virgin Money London Marathon for Age UK, pushing their bodies

  9. Sex, relationships and intimacy information guide

    to sexual function such as menopause and erectile dysfunction making things easier with sex toys, aids and alternative activities sexual health and STI testing relationship issues, from navigating changes

  10. How to set up your digital volunteer ID

    for an ID, you can now follow the instructions found in the guide below to set up the ID on your mobile device. If you have any questions about this, please contact your volunteer manager.  

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