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  1. Personalised Integrated Care

    the older person identifies as most important to them. Through the programme, Age UK staff and volunteers become members of primary care led multi-disciplinary teams, providing care and support in and ... services 'wrap around' the older person, with the aim of reversing the cycle of dependency. Age UK volunteers can be assigned to help older people achieve their goals The care plan is reviewed regularly by

  2. Looking out for loneliness this winter

    Luton that night, but needed some help to access Amazon, which was showing the game. The team of volunteers helped him out – and it’s just as well, as Arsenal won a 4-3 thriller later that evening ... proud that more than 5,000 people volunteer to be a telephone befrienders for the Age UK Telephone Friendship Service . The service is a simple piece of magic, with volunteers giving isolated older people a

  3. Health & wellbeing

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

  4. Inspire and Include

    are designed to be adapted to different people's needs and abilities. There is also a range of volunteering opportunities within the project which can work towards an accredited qualification. Interested ... Oxfordshire Wakefield District How to volunteer This project offers unique volunteering opportunities which can lead to an accredited qualification if the volunteer would like to be a part of the programme

  5. Helping older people get online

    converted’ to digital technology and want to share their enthusiasm. They may be staff and volunteers from local Age UKs, employees at local businesses or local community organisations, or other older ... resources in order to motivate and support others. What they have in common is that they want to volunteer to engage, support and encourage older people to develop their digital skills and confidence. Awareness

  6. 5 ways to help older people struggling with loneliness this winter

    can all mean the difference between a person returning or retreating from support. 5. Identify volunteering opportunities It might seem counterintuitive to ask a person who is feeling lonely if they can ... For example, many volunteers on Age UK’s Silver Line report that the relationship between ‘the helper’ and ‘the helped’ isn’t so clear cut. Volunteers report feeling trusted

  7. The importance of our supporters - now and in the future

    energy of the group, the competitiveness of their playing, and the warm enthusiasm of the volunteers who organise these sessions on a weekly basis. It’s a lovely example of people coming together ... respond to the immediate and longer term challenges. There are those of you who support us by volunteering your time to assist older people or by campaigning for their rights. Others who donate to our

  8. Stories from The Silver Line Helpline

    Line Helpline, shares examples of the many ways the service has supported callers. As anyone who volunteers or works for Age UK’s Silver Line Helpline knows, no two calls are ever the same. The free ... whatever reason an older person has for calling The Silver Line Helpline , there’s always a volunteer or helpline officer on hand to listen. And for an older person who’s feeling alone, knowing

  9. M&G plc

    UK’s Telephone Friendship Service, an award-winning programme which aims to tackle loneliness. Volunteers from M&G plc have been matched with a lonely older person, based on their common interests

  10. innocent

    with charities to make a real difference. Thank you to everyone who has been involved, from our volunteers to the knitters across the country. Charlie Swinburn Brand Manager, innocent drinks We have had

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