Cymru Older Peoples Alliance (COPA) are delighted to announce today [29 September 2026] that following a rigorous recruitment programme, Ann Lloyd CBE has been appointed as our new Chair. Ann has had a long and successful career in the NHS and is formerly Director General for Health and Social Care/ CEO NHS Wales in Welsh […]
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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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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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Cymru Older People’s Alliance (COPA) have commenced a 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 first round of the survey in January was
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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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RECRUITMENT OF A NEW CHAIR FOR CYMRU OLDER PEOPLES ALLIANCE COPA is a small national registered charity run by older people for older people in Wales. We are the “national voice” for local older people’s forums and want to make sure that older people are listened to and their opinions acted on in everything that
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Cymru Older People’s Alliance [COPA] are looking for Elected and 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 small national registered charity run by older people for older people in Wales. We are the “national voice” for local older
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