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free travel on local buses in England. Disabled person's railcard: The Disabled Person's Railcard allows you and your travelling companion to make big savings on most rail fares in the UK. Community transport: ... area. London Freedom Pass: Gives you free travel across London and free bus journeys nationally. There is no national concessionary scheme at present, but ask your coach operator if they offer any discounts
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healthcare professionals to talk to. Creative workshops such as arts and crafts or music workshops allow you to keep up the hobbies you enjoy or learn new ones while meeting new people. Specialist support ... can talk about how you're feeling and learn about what you could expect in the future. Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST) is a weekly one- to two-hour-long programme for people
people, and I had to ring them – my landlord included – to let them know. They let me pay what I could until I got back on my feet. But I used to worry about that. Luckily, I have a good landlord ... I couldn't do it.” The Advice Line lifeline At one point one of Margaret’s nieces, who is a social worker, told her to get in touch with Age UK. “So, I rang the Advice Line , and the
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programme directly supported almost 95,000 older people. These are 4 of their stories.* Joan The Attendance Allowance has made life a lot easier. I can afford taxis, a chiropodist, and it helps me with trips ... to the hospital. Helping Joan get the benefits she needed The Cost of Living Response Fund allowed local Age UKs to support over 10,000 people to identify and apply for benefits – one of whom
Terry, an Age UK storyteller, explains what it's like living with a little-known health condition, Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy (DCM).
address their situation and achieve what mattered most to them. Our knowledgeable advisers also offered everyone free benefit entitlement checks, to help older people claim what they're entitled to and build ... delivered free group information sessions on benefits for people over State Pension age and on Attendance Allowance. Between April 2021 and May 2023, the Building Better Lives programme supported 4,639 older