Skip to content
Please donate

Search Age UK

Site search

People also searched for: �200, yoga free download, “home from hospital”

  1. Celebrating our storytellers

    Ellie: the volunteer helping to save lives Ellie’s story gives an insight into the amazing work done by local Age UKs up and down the country. Having to adapt the ways in which she volunteered for Age ... last longer.” “I contacted Age UK and within 24 hours, they’d manage to find a volunteer who would become James’s go to person to do his shopping and get his food.” “When

  2. Paige praises the power of yoga

    Friendship Service is a great way to do this, of course, as it pairs a lonely older person with a volunteer for a weekly call. And what would Paige say to someone who’s thinking about joining a class

  3. Flexible working

    for example, those with: caring responsibilities health issues a desire to take up new hobbies, volunteer or learn something new travel plans the desire to spend more time with a partner If you are thinking

  4. Changing attitudes towards ageing

    Take 85-year-old Denise, for instance, who I met at Age UK West Sussex and told me she had come to volunteer “to look after the old people”. What an inspiration! There are times in all our lives

  5. Inspirational women on International Women's Day

    Wonder women We profile seven women who are caring, campaigning, volunteering (and generally inspiring) others. Today (8 March) is International Women’s Day. As well as reinforcing the importance of a ... The 86-year-old volunteer Eighteen years ago Jenny Williams began volunteering at the Age Cymru shop in Bangor. She started after her husband died and her children left home. “I volunteer here so that I

  6. 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

  7. Leeds Abbey Dash

    something special this October.   Interested in volunteering? Help our runners have a fantastic experience and support a great cause by volunteering at the Leeds Abbey Dash. 

  8. The allure of allotments

    says Olivia who oversees this project. “We’ve got an amazing group of volunteers to help us maintain the plot.” One of these volunteers is Bridget. “Initially it was a question of getting the allotment into ... order,” she explains of the large area of dry grass that used to be here. “We’ve gradually got more volunteers that have made it the productive little unit it is at the moment." The benefits of the allotment

  9. Contact us

    raffle Complaints, comments and compliments Share how Age UK has helped you Change personal details Volunteering Questions about products Age Co is the new name for Age UK Products & Services. Visit

  10. Celebrating a year of friendship and support

    up, but he talked me out of it and brought me round.” Keeping memories alive Angela Beales is a volunteer here and the person responsible for the exceptional cake baked for this occasion, which took her

Become part of our story

Sign up today

Back to top