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Call for action as shift to digital banking leaves older people feeling deserted
As more and more banks are being lost to the High Street, the Older People’s Advocacy Alliance (OPAAL) is calling for action to prevent the continuing exclusion of older people, writes Jude Atkinson, along with the provision of dedicated community spaces to help older people regain control of their finances.
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Government “failure” means 4 in 5 miss out Energy Bills support
New figures published by Age UK show that the Energy Bills Support Scheme (EBSS) Alternative Fund, designed to give a crucial £400 to households that receive their energy supply indirectly via a landlord, site owner, or other intermediary, has completely flopped, having failed to reach almost 4 in 5 of all those eligible.
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A week-long celebration of the impact of community transport
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Longevity experts develop a plan to maximise the opportunities of longer lives
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Older people from minoritised ethnic communities up to 60% more likely to be living in poverty
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Even MPs are despairing about the Government’s response to the nation’s growing digital divide
A Parliamentary report at the back end of June may have slipped your notice. It certainly went unmentioned in the majority of the UK media. The thrust is that, as the rest of the world moves increasingly online, a large swathe of our citizens are being left behind… way behind… and accuses the Government of…
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It’s high time we created a “New Narrative on Ageing”
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Your chance to inspire, engage and empower younger people with The Access Project
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Public toilets closures: more than just an inconvenience…
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Housing 21 completes England’s largest “net zero volumetric” retirement living scheme
