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Age Concern Older Offenders Project
- Aims to offer social care, advice and support to older offenders and their families, both in prison and within the wider criminal justice system. Includes news and information for volunteers.
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Age Exchange
- Overview on an internationally recognized specialist in all areas of reminiscence, including theatre, publishing, exhibitions, and training workshops.
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Age UK
- Charity works with and for older people providing information about consumer issues, health, housing, income, leisure and travel.
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AgeUK
- Provides information and advice, campaigns, products, training and research to improve later life for everyone; provides a guide to their programmes and services, fundraising, and contacts.
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Campaign to End Loneliness
- Campaign run by four charities, aiming to help reduce the loneliness felt by many older people. Offers information on how to help on many different levels and provides resources and research about working with and for older people.
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Care Directions
- Offers information about care and rights services for older people.
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Care Information Scotland
- A telephone and website service providing information about care services for older people living in Scotland.
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The Cinnamon Trust
- National charity for the elderly and the terminally ill, and their pets; offers a range of specialist services designed to preserve the relationship between owners and their pets.
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Contact the Elderly
- Displays news, involvement details, resources and contact information.
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Contact the Elderly
- National charity dedicated to tackling loneliness and social isolation among older people; describes their schemes, with contacts and details of local projects.
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Counsel and Care
- National charity provides details of support, influence and networks.
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DirectGov: Pensions and Retirement Planning
- Official government advice on pensions, retirement and concessions and services available to older people.
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Elderly Accommodation Counsel (EAC)
- A national charity that helps older people make informed choices about meeting their housing and care needs. Provides a guide to their advice and services, with contacts.
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High 50
- Community and lifestyle site for the over 50s, focusing on wellbeing, relationships, travel, sports, recreation, shopping and culture.
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I'DGO - Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors
- A research project focused on identifying effective ways of shaping outdoor environments inclusively to meet the needs of older people; describes their projects and offers a library of design resources.
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Independent Age
- Charity which provides information and advice, practical help and emergency financial aid to older people on very low incomes, as well as helping them to socialise. Offers information on how the charity works and how to help or volunteer.
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Isolation Week
- Follows the experiences of a group of volunteers as they live for a week in isolation, attempting to highlight the loneliness faced by many elderly people.
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Mature Times
- Free monthly newspaper and online magazine specifically for the over 50's market, it is a campaigning paper also containing editorial on lifestyle issues.
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The National Association of Retired Fire Fighters
- Campaigns to improve conditions for former firefighters and Fire Service widows and families. Offers details of membership and benefits, with contacts.
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National Association of Retired Police Officers
- A member organisation representing retired police officers of all ranks and police widows in England and Wales; with details of membership and benefits, local branches, news, and contacts.
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National Pensioners Convention
- Promotes the welfare and interests of all pensioners; includes a guide to their campaigns and lobbying activities, events, publications, and how to get involved.
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Retired Police Officers' Association Scotland
- Offers a profile, with details of membership, services, news, resources, and contacts.
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RSVP - Retired and Senior Volunteer Programme
- Nationwide programme which encourages people over the age of 50 to become active volunteers. Includes FAQ and details of the kinds of things volunteers can do.
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SilverSurfers
- Provides a directory, which is focussed on the needs of the over fifties.
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UBS - The Universal Beneficent Society
- A national charity, founded in 1857 by Charles Dickens and other philanthropists; now focuses its activities on helping people aged 65 years and over who are lonely and/or living in financial difficulty.
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