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  1. Age UK's position on the WASPI Campaign

    the WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) Campaign and their efforts to draw attention to the situation they find themselves in. We’re really sympathetic to those women who have been badly ... pensions system with a particular focus on groups who are poorly treated by the current system, such as women, carers, people with disabilities and people from BAME communities. The WASPI campaign and other groups

  2. Exercise and physical activity classes

    Pilates and yoga Pilates is all about slow, controlled movements to help build up your core muscle strength, and yoga concentrates on gentle stretching to boost your flexibility and balance. Most exercises ... clubs Explore your local area and meet new people at an organised walking group, led by one of our trained walk leaders. Groups go at a pace that suits everyone and take on a mixture of flat walks through

  3. Edie teaches us it’s never too late

    Edie, a new film starring stage and screen veteran Sheila Hancock, tells the uplifting story of a women fulfilling a dream in later life. There have been plenty of films that embody the idea of challenging ... ‘I was thinking about what the least obvious way to express that idea was, and I thought about a women who’d got towards the end of her life and had an unhappy time. What if she then decided to change

  4. Fighting With Pride

    1977, aged 19, Jean and Jo both signed up. The sisters happily settled into their roles as physical training instructors, in separate units. But just three and a half years after joining the army, Jean’s ... didn’t know about my sexuality at all,” says Jean. Living in a camp that housed around 600 other women, and discovering that Jo was also gay, helped Jean to work out her own feelings. Jo was in a gay relationship

  5. Solitude and loneliness in the age of coronavirus

    During the Second World War, which David describes as “the last great crisis”, there were studies of women who had lost their boyfriends or husbands to conscription and children to evacuation, on whether they ... activities, is very democratic,” he says. “You don’t need a PhD or university training, and the online resources for doing it are colossal. The amount of material online is huge. Older

  6. Remembrance Sunday 2019

    Cenotaph, 10,000 veterans will take part in the March Past, a poignant tribute to fallen service men and women. The annual Festival of Remembrance will be held at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 9 November to ... veterans travelling to London on 10 November will be offered free rail travel across a number of train providers. In order to attend Remembrance Sunday events at the Cenotaph, travel with Southern, Thameslink

  7. The many wins of walking football

    again.” “Walking Football will be a fantastic way for [older people] to work on muscle strength and mobility,” continues Sorrel, who’s been practicing what she preaches by regularly ... doors to new opportunities for leagues to grow and stimulate membership. If we can encourage men and women to play and that becomes part of their regular activity regime, that will give them more physical

  8. Winter running tips

    your clothes and have a warm drink as soon as you can to avoid a chill. And to help you with your training, we’ve got some advice from GB international marathon and track runner, Aly Dixon. 1. Get motivated ... a charity run and set a realistic goal to complete it - this will keep you energised and help you train. You’re getting fit and giving something back. 2. Warm up Jog gently to warm up and stretch after

  9. Bill Bailey on keeping moving and growing older

    all the things I love to do. “Some people might also find that they’ve lost a bit of strength because of their health condition. For example, Tania, who features in one of the workout videos ... from your success? “I hope that it would have encouraged people of my vintage – men and women – that it’s never too late to take up an activity like dancing. “I think a lot of

  10. Black History Month: 6 inspirational figures

    Africa’ which have been noted as landmark anthologies by women of African descent, highlighting the strength and variation in the experiences of Black women. In the 1980s, Margaret was a founding member of GAP

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