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Connecting Veterans: Age UK project helping Lancashire’s 50,000 veterans

As temperatures continue to plummet the NHS has issued advice to vulnerable people during the cold snap

NHS issues cold weather advice as temperatures plummet

People watch as workers place a giant bobble on top of a 23 foot high bobble hat in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the innocent Big Knit in partnership with Age UK (photo: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

First News: It's a supersize Bobble Hat

Put the plug in the bath before turning on the tap (photo: Unsplash)

Cost of Living Crisis: How to Save Water

Iceland is giving pensioners £30 voucher to help them buy food - how to get one

Iceland shoppers over the age of 60 will be able to make a 10% saving on their shopping (image: AFP/Getty Images)

Iceland to launch discount for shoppers over 60 as cost of living soars

Many young people rely on grandparents for emotional support, research found (photo: Adobe)

Mental Health Awareness Week: Let's hear it for the grandparents

Higher energy bills are stretching many family budgets to the limit (photo: adobe)

Cost of Living Campaign - Pensions up... but bills even higher

Lancaster Canal.

Join in some Easter family fun with Lancaster canal charity walk

Millions of people at risk of losing free prescriptions in government shake-up

Immobility, loneliness and an inability to grieve as normal due to the Covid pandemic is leaving “deep physical and emotional scars” on a large proportion of the UK’s older population, a charity has said (Photo: Shutterstock)

Pandemic leaving ‘deep physical and emotional scars’ on large proportion of olde...

The devastating cost of Covid in our care homes has been revealed fully for the first time

"Every death is a tragedy": How almost 1,000 care home residents died of Covid-1...

Age UK Lancashire's project

Lancashire businesses urged to get involved in Age UK corporate challenge

A charity has warned that older drinkers who do not have smartphones to order food and drinks at pubs and restaurants are at risk of being discriminated against (Photo: Shutterstock)

Older people who do not have smartphones are ‘at risk of discrimination’ in pubs...

Louise Newton, left, with Ann Trowbridge and a Christmas card at the Brookside Care Home on December 1, 2020 (Picture: Neil Cross for JPIMedia)

Many care home residents may not see loved ones before Christmas, charity fears

Cabin Crew (left to right) Matteo Lorenzini, Hanna Essemiani and Charlotte Kelson celebrate easyJet's 25th birthday, as the airline launches the world's first inflight trolley service at home

EasyJet launches home delivery service to keep cabin crew ‘match fit’

Age UK Lancashire is launching Art of Isolation, a visual record of Lancashire in Lockdown, on Monday

Age UK charts visual record of lockdown life

Katie Bird

Virtual Christmas market will raise funds for Age UK Lancashire

Experts have warned that, without visits, elderly people could lose the will to live (Photo: Shutterstock)

Experts warn a blanket care home visiting ban 'could risk premature deaths'

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

Call to bridge digital divide and help older people get online

The lockdown has left a quarter of adults thinking they have no real friends

Carers Week is an annual event which takes place each year, celebrating the fantastic work of carers in the UK (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s when national Carers Week 2020 takes place - and special discounts for ca...

Special VE Day programmes on Age UK's The Wireless - includes Angela Ripon prog...

The #FlyTheFlag campaign

Sports fans are encouraged to show their colours and dig deep for charities

This is how you can help your elderly relatives and friends during the coronavir...

The BBC will delay TV licence fee changes for over-75s - here’s why

Jack Bracewell of the Parachute Regiment at the Age UK tea party. Photo: Kelvin Stuttard

Lancaster and Morecambe war veterans enjoy tea party at Salt Ayre

Christina Savage with 17-month-old son, Reuben, and neighbour Yvonne Bent, who loves a visit from the toddler

Charity blocks mum’s offer to visit the lonely

A Roman Holiday.

Lancaster film scheme benefits people with memory loss

Audrey Hepburn in a Roman Holiday

Lancaster film scheme helps people with memory loss

A Life More Ordinary will provide a programme of cultural activities for people with dementia and their families.

Pioneering help for those with dementia

Carers stock. Picture: Esme Allen

Help and guidance when choosing care

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