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  1. The amazing work done by local Age UKs nationwide

    headquarters, with many of the staff there (and some welcome volunteers) now assisting with food deliveries. “We've seen a huge number of volunteer applications, which is very gratefully received,” explains ... regular volunteers can’t attend due to health reasons and caring responsibilities, it’s been vital that new volunteers have joined us to ensure the service remains operational.” Staff and volunteers have

  2. Friendship services for older people

    befriending Befriending services are available at many local Age UKs. They will often involve a volunteer befriender visiting an older person in their home, perhaps for a cup of tea and a chat, or accompanying ... accompanying them to an activity (such as a trip to a cafe or the theatre). In some cases, a volunteer may accompany the older person to occasional hospital or doctor's appointments. Rose and Sarah met through

  3. Older people’s lives during the pandemic: Age UK is listening and acting

    people and those with disabilites who are struggling including an offline option, secure methods for volunteers or friends to buy shopping for others and help for those who didn’t have others to shop for them ... Age UKs. My colleagues and I send them with a weekly update with information on safeguarding, volunteering and health advice. Age UK has also created a brand new information hub just for MPs to give them

  4. Working together against scams

    a significant difference—whether it is through advocating for stronger protective laws, volunteering to educate older people about scams, or supporting Age UK’s ongoing efforts. We invite you

  5. Katie Boulter supports ace walking tennis sessions

    her.” Katie image During the pandemic, when Katie was unable to see her grandparents, she volunteered for Age UK so she could support older people in her community. Katie is similarly full of praise ... – it’s inspired her to be more proactive in her local community, as she plans to do some volunteering. She’s also been discussing the possibility of there being a dementia cafe in the local

  6. Age UK at Brain Health Day

    Dr Louise Nicholls of the University of Strathclyde has developed a study in Scotland to see if volunteering with school-age children could help older people ‘prop up’ their cognitive abilities. The initial ... mental wellbeing? Started in Denmark in 2012, Cycling Without Age is a global initiative that trains volunteers to take older people (particularly those living in care homes) for bike rides around the local

  7. Remembering the Holocaust

    who were torn asunder by the actions and words of ordinary people,” explains Age UK Barnet volunteer Charlotte Balazs, whose Austrian grandparents were murdered by the Nazis. Together with her neighbour ... Charlotte. Charlotte Balazs “Giving back and honouring is important – and in a way volunteering at Age UK Barnet is part of carrying on my mother’s work. I am so proud of her.” Hedi

  8. Dementia-friendly communities

    informed by Age UK’s Dementia Friendly Programme, found that the views held by staff and volunteers can influence the types of services available to people living with dementia. Living with dementia ... quality of life for people living with dementia. But what about the attitudes of the staff and volunteers running those services? A new piece of research with local Age UKs has shed light on this often

  9. How to adjust to living alone

    well as lunches and outings, such as going to concerts or the theatre. Have you ever thought of volunteering ? Helping others can concentrate your mind on other things and remind you that you have something

  10. A true friend on the line

    listens to my opinions and takes them on board. Inspired to change career When Sarena first started volunteering for the Telephone Friendship Service , she was working for a furniture start-up, but during the

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