Age Concern England
The four national Age Concerns in the UK have joined together with Help the Aged to form new national charities dedicated to improving the lives of older people.
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Age Concern England

 
Age Concern England

Age Concern England From spring 2010, Age Concern and Help the Aged will be known as Age UK. Find out more here: http://www.ageconcern.org.uk/AgeConcern/new-name-release-111009.asp

Source: www.ageconcern.org.uk
Merged charities Age Concern and Help the Aged have selected the new names for the four national organisations across the UK‚ it was announced this week.
Latoyah

Latoyah Age Concern Walsall has now joined Facebook! Become a fan
today and help spread the word!!!
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Age-Concern-Walsall/169288698284?ref=ts

Krys Steel
Joanna Bender

Joanna Bender Hello :)
Visit to Cafe Astral and join to us, meet your friends and enjoy nice receipt!

Sarah

Sarah On 1 October it is the UN International Day of Older Persons. HelpAge International have a petition you can sign to show your support for older people's rights.

http://www.helpage.org/Researchandpolicy/AgeDemandsAction/ThePetition

Mark
Mark

Mark For any fans of Age Concern England who live in the East Riding of Yorkshire - Age Concern East Riding has its own fan page on Facebook now giving updates and information on our services and events - including details of our move to new premises on the 2 October.

Age Concern England

Age Concern England It's that time of year again - are you ready for Innocent Drink's The Big Knit? For every bottle sold with a woolly hat we receive 35p, and we need you to knit them! http://bit.ly/bigknit

Source: bit.ly
Age Concern and Help the Aged are once againgearing up forThe Big Knit -our award-winningfundraising campaign‚ in associationwith innocent drinks.
Wendy Bremner

Wendy Bremner Check out our page on Age Concern Counties Manuaku Inc South Auckland New Zealand - we'd love all the fans of this group to read what we're up in New Zealand.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Age-Concern-Counties-Manukau-Inc/142781132032

cheers

Braintree District Council

Braintree District Council Do you live in the Braintree District? If so, you can nominate someone for the Community Achievement Awards 2009/10 before the 30th November
Visit our website http://www.braintree.gov.uk/Braintree/community/Community+Achievement+Awards/default.htm

Gharial

Gharial
Nurse Haywood secretly filmed appalling treatment of elderly patients in a NHS hospital and has been struck off the nursing register. The Royal College of Nursing is supporting her appeal, and have put up an online petition which 41,000 people have signed already calling for her reinstatement! Please sign if you havent... done so already! Full info in these articles

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/support-for-whistleblowing-nurse/signatures.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/28/nurse-exposing-cruelty-nhs

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-wellbeing/health-news/40000-names-on-petition-for-sacked-nhs-whistleblower-1682656.html
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Everyday People

Everyday People Find out more about local mental health services in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, discuss mental health and support the campaigning we are doing to challenge stigma by joining the Everyday People at OBMH group http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=13664097873

Age Concern England

Age Concern England Learn the latest ways to make new friends and keep in touch with family by attending a taster session in your local area!

Find out where your nearest event is by calling 0800 100 900 and quoting ’myfriends’.

Social networking for silver surfers
Time:9:00AM Monday, March 16th
Location:Refer to www.ageconcern.org.uk/myfriendsonline for details
Lianne Barrett

Lianne Barrett
Friday 27th February

Age Concern Charity shop - Bearwood, West Midlands

10am - 4pm

Come along and help us raise money for the local elderly community.

Are you a silver star for Age Concern? Why not join us and check out our many silvery items for sale at our table top sale. FREE silver balloons for the kids!! MANY MANY b...argains to be had and all for a fantastic cause.

And also why not have a sort out and bring some donations along at the same time?? Good quality stock is ALWAYS needed. Too heavy or too much to bring by yourself? Call us and we can arrange to pick up from LOCAL areas. 0121 420 1270.

Hopefully see some of you there!!
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