offices, bookmakers, doctors’ surgeries, pharmacies, hospital waiting rooms, bus stations and buses, shops, pubs, churches and community noticeboards • Through social workers, service providers, district nurses
once a week. The free bus pass is a crucial benefit for many older people, helping users to get to shops, healthcare and other local services, while at the same time helping reduce traffic congestion and
hat for The Big Knit this year. Your creation will go onto one of our smoothie bottles, into the shops, and help keep older people warm and happy this winter. Please send your hats to The Big Knit, Fruit
Furthermore, the free bus pass remains a crucial benefit for many older people, helping users to get to shops, healthcare and other local services. The national bus concession must remain free and universal for
what we can do to encourage more men, and people from diverse backgrounds, to apply for roles in our shops and in our call centres, thereby having a positive impact on the gender pay gap. We are committed
about how neighbourhoods should develop. The loss of resources such as banks, post offices and corner shops is a serious problem for many communities. Older residents may be particularly vulnerable to these ... as part of his role. For the last couple of years he has been working as a volunteer in a charity shop and in the community garden of Chorlton Good Neighbours, a neighbourhood care group. He is also one
attracting and including older consumers is slow – many older people still struggle to access and navigate shops and other businesses. This results in exclusion and frustration for many people, and wasted opportunities ... issues. In 2015 we held three workshops to hear people’s stories of shopping. They told us about the good and the bad when going into shops, phoning their energy company, purchasing goods online and making
Use our ready-made invites and images to tell everyone. Organise some festive treats. Home-made or shop-bought; sweet or savoury; anything goes! Ask your guests to bring along some goodies too – it’s
Fundraising is our largest source of income. We also raise significant income through our charity shops and AgeCo Limited, a commercial subsidiary (see page 31). Strategic Report 4 Developing our new strategy ... and local Age UK partners to make sure those not online could make their views heard. And Age UK’s shops joined the campaign by sharing campaign postcards that meant their older customers who aren’t online
and clean public toilets Better-quality pavements Being able to have a say in local decisions Local shops and services within easy reach Safe, well-lit streets Volunteers and neighbours helping people out ... and regeneration of neighbourhoods. For instance, the government’s recent guide to support local shopping parades did not recognise that older people are probably a large proportion of the local market15