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  1. Age UK information guides and factsheets

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  4. Centres for Ageing Research

    Age UK provide a list of links to university and other research centres, consortia, councils, and funding programmes that focus on ageing issues.

  5. The allure of allotments

    Worcestershire. Located in Pershore, this plot provides ample space for older people to indulge their love of gardening and the great outdoors, while getting some exercise, socialising and growing delicious fruit ... 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 some sort of working order,” she explains of the large

  6. Postcards of Kindness

    Postcards of Kindness is an initiative that encourages people to send postcards to residents in care homes. Age UK visited an Essex care home to witness the joy this correspondence brings.

  7. The cost of caring

    This Carers' Week, Marie discusses her experience of being an unpaid carer for her husband, and why she thinks social care should be a priority this general election.

  8. A day of celebrations

    For Age UK's Silver Sunday 2025, we set off on a trip around some of London’s best events to celebrate older people.

  9. Glossary of online terms

    apps' and 'browsers' to 'Zoom' and 'YouTube' – online terminology can be confusing. Age UK's glossary of online terms explains what they mean.

  10. Ordinary power of attorney

    An Ordinary Power of Attorney (OPA) is a legal document that allows you to give someone else – known as your attorney – the authority to manage your financial affairs on your behalf.

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