AGE CONCERN CEREDIGION
- UNIT 1A, THE OLD WELSH SCHOOL, ALEXANDRA ROAD
SY23 1LF ABERYSTWYTH, DYFED
Phone: +44 (0) 1970 615151
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8906 0511
E-mail: Send messagewww.ageconcernceredigion.org.uk
Short profile:
The Information and Advice Service provides a free and confidential service to people 55 and over.Information can be obtained on several issues ranging from money matters to health and social care, housing grants leisure activities to any topic of interest to older people, their carers and families. We also help with form filling mainly for welfare benefits. We offer a home visiting service. If we cannot help we will signpost or refer to an appropriate agency.
Healthy eating is important for everyone. So too is enjoying your food. Many people assume that eating a healthy diet and enjoying your food are not compatible.
However there are no ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ foods just ‘healthy’ and ‘unhealthy’ diets. Therefore to eat ‘healthily’, there should be no need to cut out foods you currently enjoy – although eating some foods less often or in smaller portions may be worth considering.
Detailed description:
We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK – so that we can be here for everyone in later life. The new organisation we created in April 2009 brings together almost 120 years of shared history of working with and for older people. In July 2000, organisations sharing the name Age Concern came together to work in a federation: a structure which reflected their independence and autonomy but also their interdependence.
Age Concern England, as the national federation member, worked alongside local Age Concerns and provided support and leadership in areas like campaigning and policy. In 2001, Help the Aged merged with Research into Ageing. The charity continued to build on its research and policy work, and in 2005 it took a new strategic direction, shifting its focus to disadvantaged older people. Help the Aged achieved great success with its campaigns: 27, 000 people pledged support for the campaign against elder abuse and the Just Equal Treatment campaign led to a government promise to end age discrimination. In 2006, Help the Aged launched Cows ‘n’ Things, an ethical gift range sold in support of the charity’s work overseas.
In 2007, it launched intune, a company specialising in financial products for the over-50s, and engage, a business network helping companies to become age-positive. On 1 April 2009, Age Concern England and Help the Aged joined together to create a new charity dedicated to improving later life for everyone. As of April 2010, we are now known as Age UK.
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