Age International, a subsidiary of Age UK, has been pledged ½ million pounds from The Department for International Development (DFID) to help with providing aid to older people in the Philippines....
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Contracts Often Unfairly Demonised, Finds CIPD report @TAEN_UK
Debate over the future of zero hours contracts looks certain to hot up with signs that the political parties are warming to the idea of regulating their use while the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD), in research published today, claims their use has been “underestimated, oversimplified and unfairly demonised” (Zero-hours contracts: myth and reality). In a survey of more than 2,500 workers the CIPD found that those on zero hours contracts were just as satisfied with their jobs as the average UK employee (60 per cent and 59 per cent respectively), and more likely to be happy with…
Rise in winter deaths revealed @age_uk
New figures released by the ONS today show that there were a shameful 31,100 excess winter deaths last year from cold-related illness such as heart attacks and strokes – up more than a quarter on t...
The shame of excess winter deaths @age_uk
This morning the Office for National Statistics announced that there were 31,100 excess winter deaths last winter. To say this is a national shame (as we have done) is both a cliché and also absolutely true. Excess winter deaths – … Continue reading →
Charity calls on Chancellor to warm-up homes @agescotland
Age Scotland has joined more than 80 civil society groups across the UK in calling on Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne MP to take action to end the scandal of cold homes. In a letter...
50% rise in winter deaths - Age Cymru response @agecymru
Age Cymru is calling for government action to prevent people dying during the winter months because of the cold. It comes on the day that the Office for National Statistics has published figures th...
Win Tickets to see Award Winning Movie 'Nebraska' @age_ni
Enter our competition to win two tickets to see new Award Winning movie 'Nebraska' at the Queen's Film Theatre (QFT) in Belfast! Affectionate and heart-warming, Alexander Payne's (Sideways, The...
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