Unity Trust Bank and Charity Bank provide loans of £8.5m for 30-room dementia care home in Bingley
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Guide set to get older people active
The Age-Friendly and Inclusive Volunteering guide introduces six principles that organisations working with volunteers can adopt to get more older people active in volunteering and their local communities.
Read MoreFunding to support recruitment of older workers
The Centre for Ageing Better and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) have given funding to five projects to pilot ways to make volunteering more age-friendly and inclusive.
Read MoreIntergenerational story time
A new intergenerational care programme has been rolled out in Cambridgeshire. Residents at Moorlands Court in Melbourn are being visited by pre-school children from the local Little Hands Nursery for arts and crafts, singing and story reading sessions, to help improve the happiness and wellbeing of all involved.
Read MoreOlder people say don’t take away our window on the world
Older people are campaigning to save their free TV licences because so many of them have a disability or very little money
Read MoreRightsizing homes could end downsizing culture
A report has called for an end to downsizing and for more “rightsizing” housing options for older people.
Read MoreNew app saves dementia patients’ memories
Social enterprise claims a new app can help dementia patients save memories and share them with carers and families.
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