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Why do we value old objects over older people? Age UK is here to change how we age.
Here's how, with your support, Age UK is supporting older people through the cost of living crisis.
A range of products to help you make the most of later life are available through Age UK Trading, with profits given to the charity.
Listen to gardening tips and advice from expert gardener Christine Walkden - seasonal tips every month covering perennials, plant care and more.
How Age UK Exeter's gardening group is helping older people with dementia and their carers find friendship, support, and hope.
Local Age UKs offer a variety of help at home services, doing cleaning, ironing, gardening and other simple tasks around the home.
Garden party Take entertaining outdoors and organise a garden get-together for Age UK. Dust off the deckchairs, break out the bubbly and keep your fingers crossed for sunny skies! By organising a garden ... garden party for Age UK, you'll be helping raise funds for the older people who need us most. How do I get started? Get a date in the diary nice and early, and invite all your favourite people to get together
Kitchen gardening is a great way to grow your own veg while spending more time outdoors.
Community Hub, which recently celebrated its fifth birthday. We paid them a visit, to sit in their garden, and discuss the many benefits it's had on older people in the local area.
Read tips on what to do to attract birds, bees, butterflies and other animals to your garden.
NHS talking therapies can really help when you're feeling low, anxious or out of sorts. They’re proven to work – and they can work particularly well for older people.
Getting the flu can be a miserable experience for anyone. Even when you are fit and healthy, flu can knock you for six, and for older people in particular it can lead to serious health problems like pneumonia.
Allotments like the one run by Age UK Hereforeshire & Worcestershire allow older people to garden, keep fit and socialise.