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Setting the direction: the Welsh Assembly Government's strategy for older people
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 38p.
- Place of publication:
- Cardiff
Help the Aged supports the establishment and development of Forums. In this publication “Setting the Direction” they say:“ Across the UK, forums are harnessing the skills experience and abilities of older people to plan and deliver public and health services, to provide effective transport solutions to combat crime and encourage lifelong learning opportunities. Many forums work actively on local issues such as post office closures and access to hospitals and community health services, and on national issues like campaigning for better pensions”
Speaking up for our age: report of the UK national conference; 27 November 2002, Sadler's Wells, London
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 17p.
- Place of publication:
- London
One in five people in the UK are aged 55 or over. But are they having a big enough say in the decisions that affect their lives? Speaking Up for Our Age is a national campaign by Help the Aged to give older people the chance to make their voices heard on the things that matter to them. By working together in forums, older people can influence the future development of a wide range of local and national issues, including transport, community safety, health and pensions.
Stop pensioner poverty now: older people - ignored and forgotten
- Author:
- HELP THE AGED
- Publisher:
- Help the Aged
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 10p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Poverty comes in many different shapes and sizes. but by the government's own admission, and in spite of its claims of commitment to social justice, today's pensioners are very often poor not only in terms of the income they receive, and the quality of their neighbourhoods but also the opportunities available to them to take a full part in society. This document calls upon the government to match its publicly stated commitment to ending child poverty with similar energy on behalf of older people. Fundamental to this is the establishment of a decent universal basic state pension that will deliver basic needs. And there are also more focused reforms and initiatives that we believe will address some of the worst areas of pensioner poverty, that are urgently needed now. These are: bridging the huge gulf between entitlement and claim rates of pensioner benefits; radical improvement in the addition at age 80 to the weekly state pension, which currently stands at a derisory extra 25p: making work pay for poorest pensioners with a decisive increase in the earnings disregard, to £75 a week: ending, the indefensible anomaly whereby disability before age 65 brings a mobility benefit currently denied to those over the age of 65: preventing the scandal of over 20,000 winter deaths each year of older people that happen because we cannot manage the effects of winter cold: helping pensioners to take a fuller part in their neighbourhoods through initiatives such as improved street lighting and consistent free travel opportunities.