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 …
TACKLING AGE DISCRIMINATION IN WALES Cymru Older Peoples Alliance have started a new campaign to highlight the adverse consequences of age discrimination and its effects on older people and society. We want the process to be positive and based on collaboration and lead to a tangible outcome. A new policy or strategy on age discrimination including …
EMPOWERING OLDER PEOPLE: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL GAP INTRODUCTION As we begin a new year, we should focus on addressing the digital exclusion of older people – Bridging the Digital Gap. There are a considerable number of older adults who find themselves on the other side of the digital divide. Tackling digital exclusion among seniors is …
Age Friendly Flintshire In May 2023, Flintshire received the accolade of becoming a member of the Global Network of Age-friendly Cities and Communities. Flintshire joins more than 1400 cities, counties, and communities across 51 countries around the world in being recognised as working to improve the age-friendliness in their area. As the second community in …
Cymru Older People’s Alliance (COPA) are delighted to support the publication of a new Forum Resource Manual for Older People’s forums that Age Cymru has developed. The new Resource Manual is designed to help forums and groups to develop and ensure the views of older people can be heard and acted upon. The Manual …
Cymru Older People’s Alliance (COPA) are delighted to support the publication of a new Forum Resource Manual for Older People’s forums that Age Cymru has developed. The new Resource Manual is designed to help forums and groups to develop and ensure the views of older people can be heard and acted upon. The Manual …
Cymru Older Peoples Alliance – COPA – held its Annual Conference and AGM in Pontypridd on 16 November. It was organised as a fully accessible and “hybrid” event. Apart from the Conference venue, virtual hubs for people to gather together and participate were established in Swansea, Anglesey, and Conwy, with other delegates joining from their …
In October the Vale of Glamorgan received news it had become the fourth local authority area in Wales to join the WHO’s Global Network, recognising the work to date and ambitions under the Age Friendly Vale programme. The Vale’s Age Friendly Officer has taken forward this work on behalf of the Public Services Board (PSB) …
