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  1. Carers Week 2021

    and he really loves it there. Of course, once the pandemic hit, I knew we couldn’t, but I was hoping that maybe we’d be able to go in September. Of course, that didn’t happen either.

  2. Social care and coronavirus

    to collectively manage this sudden health emergency as well as possible. Playing our part And, of course, we all have a part to play and it may well be a growing one in the weeks to come, especially if ... care worker who feels unwell can afford to stop work and still keep afloat, financially. It is, of course, disgraceful that care workers who do such an important job should find themselves in this position

  3. Volunteer with The Silver Line Helpline

    Volunteer with The Silver Line Helpline

  4. Who am I really?

    Never too late for a new chapter There are pivotal moments that change the course of our lives forever. In this long read interview, we speak to David Hulme — retired journalist, poet, father and grandfather ... it’s never too late for new chapters. Tell us about Harriet Bluff, the woman who changed the course of your life... David: “She’d been my grandmother’s closest friend throughout their

  5. Terry's wartime memories

    Finally, we had some documents in and we started to figure out what was in them. I was sent on a day course, and they explained that in the boxes was everything that was necessary to waterproof the engine ... vehicles that needed to come off boats or something to go onto land. That turned out to be true. Of course, on D-Day we saw them. The trucks came off the back of the Kitchener Ducks and into the water once

  6. Keith's story: writing with dementia

    teacher I was always writing, but I had never considered writing a book. After my diagnosis I saw a course at the local university about life writing and I signed up. I had no ambitions for publishing anything – ... Dear Dementia book cover Then we received a grant from the Alzheimer's Society and set up a writing course for 8 people with dementia. We published a book together called 'Welcome to Our World'. Two years

  7. Gareth Pierce on challenges and charity

    Wales – all to raise funds for Age UK. “The event is based on part of the SAS selection course,” Gareth explains. “The original version is a proper military exercise – they’ve ... been wondering what to do next. I’ve wanted the challenges to get progressively harder, and of course you’re asking people to sponsor you, so you want them to think: ‘fair play, that does

  8. Poverty and low income among Black older people

    People’s financial position in later life is generally linked to their circumstances over the course of their lifetime. Private pension provision, in particular, is closely related to employment history

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

    will be as vital to those efforts as ever. There are so many ways that people support Age UK, of course. There are our loyal supporters who donate on an ongoing basis, and even remember Age UK with gifts

  10. Why are we having a second national lockdown?

    restrictions while the rest of the population live their lives as before and the epidemic runs its course, are not feasible. At Age UK we agree . How long will the lockdown last? The Prime Minister has insisted

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