Cymru Older People’s Alliance [COPA] are looking for Co-opted Trustees to join its Board. If the answer to these questions is ‘Yes’, please consider applying for these Trustee vacancies COPA is a national charity run by older people for older people in Wales. We want to make sure that older people are listened to, and […]
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Although as a registered charity COPA is entirely politically impartial, we have written in the same terms to all of the main political parties with the aim of influencing the debate in the General Election on 4 July in respect of older people. Our “Manifesto” for Older People” sets out a prospectus [here] that
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Cymru Older Peoples Alliance have today (9 May 2024) responded to the Welsh Government consultation which proposes a £20 a week increase in fees paid by some older and disabled people for the personal care they receive at home. A summary of our response is below. The full response is here. “The proposal to increase
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This is COPAs response to the UK Parliament’s Welsh Affairs Committee Call for Evidence on Access to Cash: Introduction Evidence Key Issues Conclusion Cymru Older Peoples Alliance, April 2024
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POVERTY AMONGST OLDER PEOPLE IN WALES Cymru Older Peoples Alliance – COPA – are today joining over 70 organisations across the UK in supporting a Statement of Intent to shine a light on pensioner poverty and its serious impacts. In Wales, an estimated 84,000 older people live in poverty, 1 in 6, with many of
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