Older People

Useful Links

Age Concern

Age Concern has been helping older people across the UK for more than 60 years. Today we are a national network of more than 400 independent charities, second only to the government in providing high-quality help and care for older people.

Age Net

The 'Age Friendly' site for today's Over 50's.

AVOW (Association of Voluntary Organisations)
Association of Voluntary Organisations in Wrexham
Telephone: 01978 312556
Website: www.avow.org

Better Caring Website

The website to help you find the right care home and answer all your care questions.

Caring for someone

DirectGov provide information on caring for someone, including support services, rights and financial support.

Directgov

Directgov is the place to turn for the widest range of government information and services.

Directgov - Over 50s information

Directgov - Caring for Someone

The Department for Works and Pensions

The Department is responsible for delivering support and advice through a modern network of services to people of working age, employers, pensioners, families and children and disabled people.

Expert Patients Programme (EPP) Wales

Learning to manage your long-term health condition. The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a self-management course for people living with any long-term health condition.

Financingretirement.co.uk - Preparing For and Financing Your Way Through Retirement

It's never too early to prepare for retirement. This site explores the ways you can pepare for funding your life once you stop working.

Help the Aged

With passion, intelligence and ingenuity, Help the Aged is committed to addressing the issues that matter to older people.

Houseproud from the Home Improvement Trust

If you’re a homeowner aged 60 or over, or a homeowner of any age who’s disabled or has a disabled person living with them, Houseproud can help with repairs, improvements or adaptations to your home.

Life Over 50 - Home Of The Silver Surfer & 50 Plus Community

For information, hobbies, interests and chat relating to the over 50's community.

Mabels - Over50s

Providing daily retirement support & services,assisted disability living & mobility health retirement & finance tips for the over 50s & senior citizens.

NewMe

Retirement Resources, Inspiration thoughts and ideas compared with practical information and resources for retirement.

OverFiftiesFriends.co.uk

If you're over 50, single and looking to expand your social horizons, then hopefully we may have just the answer for you. Overfiftiesfriends is a unique new Web community where you can join to make new friends by getting together to pursue mutual interests.

PensionAge.co.uk

Pension Age is a non profit making source of information designed to give help to pensioners out there advice about state pension and pension credit.

Prime Cymru

Prime Cymru is dedicated to helping people over 50 in Wales to become economically active. If you are in this age group and want to start your own business, develop a social enterprise, simply find a job or look at volunteering opportunities, we can help.

50Connect

50Connect is a content led lifestyle portal for Todays over 50's.

Time Past North Wales Photo Archive

Hundreds of very old photographs of all NorthWaes, showing where and how our ancestors lived and worked.

UK Lifelong Learning

Welcome to the leading web site for the encouragement, promotion and development of lifelong learning. Lifelong Learning is supported by the Access to Learning for Adults Division of the Department for Education and Skills.

Yahoo! for Seniors

Yahoo! search directory for the older generation.

Directgov Links

Apply for a Community Care Grant - via Directgov

Community Care Grants help people on low incomes when moving out of residential care to live independently in the community.

Protect your basic retirement pension (form CF411) - via Directgov

Protect your basic Retirement Pension position if you are looking after somebody.

Guide to benefits in retirement - via Directgov

When you retire, your income will usually be less than when you were working. To help you manage,you may be able to get certain benefits and financial support in addition to your State Pension. Some benefits are age-related, others depend on your income test.

Apply for Winter Fuel Payments - via Directgov

The Winter Fuel Payment is an annual payment to help older people with their heating bills.

Calculate the date of your retirement - via Directgov

Use the Pension Service calculator to work out the date when you can expect to retire.

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