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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 […]

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

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

   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

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

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

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

COPA is a politically impartial Registered Charity. But we are aiming to influence the content in respect of older people in the Manifestos of all political parties standing in the Welsh Senedd/Parliament Elections in 2026. Our “Manifesto” of what COPA wants for Older People is summarised below and attached. It is being published for consultation

That Voting Members agreed the campaigning priorities that Cymru Older People’s Alliance should pursue for 2025-26 at the AGM in November 2024. COPA Trustees and Forum Representatives discussed the issues of most relevance to the lives of older people in Wales and which of these should be identified as campaigning priorities for the next year.