Your Point of View is a year-long survey led through COPA to understand which issues older people across Wales feel should be prioritised. This six-month report brings together responses collected between January and May 2026 and gives an early picture of the issues that matter most to older people, including how priorities vary by age, […]
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Cymru Older Peoples Alliance (COPA) have today (2 June) written to the new Deputy Minister for Social Care at Welsh Government, Delyth Jewell MS. The letter welcomes the programme for older people set out in the Plaid Cymru Manifesto but emphasises that it is essential older people are engaged “front and centre” in its implementation
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The Cymru Older Peoples Alliance (COPA) is a national charity, supported by the Welsh Government, dedicated to making sure that the voices of older people’s forums and groups are heard across Wales. COPA acts as a bridge, bringing together the views, opinions, and concerns of local older people, and ensuring there is a two-way dialogue
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A personal perspective from Steve Milsom Hon. Sec. Cymru Older Peoples Alliance. Wales has about 670,000 disabled people or 21% of the population (Census 2021). Of these, around 300,000 are aged 60+ (45%) based on age‑band data from the same census. According to the 2021 Census, there is a higher proportion of disabled people within
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Cymru Older People’s Alliance (COPA) have now completed the second of our bi-monthly survey with Forums and Partners called ‘Your Point of View’. It gathers the views of older people on a range of issues and their importance to individuals. The purpose of this Survey can be summarised as: The second round of the survey
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Although as a registered charity COPA is entirely politically impartial, we have published a “Manifesto” with the aim of influencing the debate in the Senedd Election in May in respect of older people. Our “Manifesto” for Older People” sets out a prospectus [here English and Welsh] that identifies the key strategic and policy changes that
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Here are the minutes of the COPA AGM held in January 2026. They will be formally ratified at the next AGM.
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