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Wales Council on Ageing - registered charity 505071
Copyright ©2007 Age Concern Cymru. Tel 02920 431555
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       Campaigning and Influencing Campaigning and Influencing is a significant part of Age Concern Cymru's work. Our activities in this area include lobbying politicians and decision makers, working to highlight the issues that matter to older people in Wales on our own and in partnership with others and projects that aim to improve the involvement of older people in decision making processes. For further details on our work click on the headings below or to the left of the page. If you would like to campaign on behalf of Age Concern Cymru or discuss an issue that is affecting you then you can contact your AM or MP. Click here to find contact details for your local politicians.
Public Affairs and Policy Age Concern Cymru's Public Affairs and Policy team work to influence decision makers within the Welsh Assembly Government and beyond. Our work includes lobbying and campaigning, gathering information on the issues affecting older people across Wales and responding to consultation documents. Click here for further information.
Delivering for a New Age - Age Concern in Wales' Manifesto for Local Government In the run up to the 2008 Local Government elections in Wales, Age Concern in Wales launched a manifesto urging local authorities to deliver in a number of key areas ranging from social services to sustainable communities, and from age equality to pensioner poverty. Click here to view our manifesto in English
A New Age - Time to Deliver for Older People in Wales Age Concern in Wales' Manifesto for the National Assembly In the run up to the 2007 Assembly Elections, Age Concern in Wales launched a manifesto outlining the key areas which the new Assembly should address. Click here for more information or to download the document.
Free home care in Wales On 15 February 2006 the Welsh Assembly Government announced that it was unable to honour its longstanding pledge to introduce free homecare for disabled people. The decision not to implement the policy centred on concerns that the policy could not be introduced 'affordably and equitably'. This decision represents a severe blow to thousands of disabled people who rely on community care support. Click here to view Age Concern Cymru's response to the decision (April 2006). Coalition on Charging Campaign Pack This pack has been designed to help campaigners demonstrate to the Welsh Assembly Government the impact that this decision will have on disabled people and the strength of feeling that exists around the issue. Click here to view the pack.
Click here to find out more about our work involving older people.
Age Alliance Wales Age Concern Cymru hosts, and is a founder member of, Age Alliance Wales, a network of national voluntary organisations working with and for older people in Wales. Click here for further information.
National Partnership Forum Age Concern Cymru provides the Secretariat for the National Partnership Forum (NPF) which was established in 2005 as part of the Strategy for Older People. Click here for further information.
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