Age Concern East Cheshire

• 1: Home
  • 1.1: Who's Arthur
• 2: Donate Now
• 3: What's On
  • 3.1: Calendar of Events
  • 3.3: Day Trips
  • 3.4: Gentle Exercise
• 4: Services
  • 4.1: Information and Advice
    • 4.1.1: Benefit Information
    • 4.1.2: Counselling Service
    • 4.1.3: Wills Advice
  • 4.3: Supporting You
  • 4.4: Long-term Care Discharge
  • 4.5: Healthy Lifestyles
    • 4.5.1: Fit as a Fiddle
  • 4.6: Computer Learning
    • 4.6.1: Help Sheets
    • 4.6.2: Useful Websites
  • 4.7: Hospital Creative Activities
  • 4.8: Day Care
  • 4.9: Home Help
  • 4.10: Foot Care
  • 4.11: Trading
  • 4.12: Shops
  • 4.13: Equity Release
• 5: Help Us
  • 5.1: Volunteering
  • 5.2: Volunteering FAQ
  • 5.3: Fundraising
  • 5.4: Sponsor Us
• 6: Jobs
• 7: About Us
  • 7.1: Beginnings
  • 7.2: Contact Us
  • 7.3: Environment policy
• 8: Attitudes
  • 8.1: Myths about ageing
• 9: Useful Links
  • 9.1: Traders Register

"Older People are not in touch"

• Dame Judi Dench (in her sixties) is acting and directing in the West End.
• Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in 1994 aged 76.
  
• John Glenn, astronaut, went to space aged 77.

"Older People have nothing to contribute"

• In the UK three out of every 10 people aged over 65 volunteer - that's three million people.
  
• Organisations exist specially to co-ordinate older volunteers, such as RSVP and REACH.

"Older People are less active"

• Mary Wesley published her first book aged 70.
  
• Barbara Cartland continued to write into her late nineties, adding to her list of over 450 novels.
  
• Hilda Ferrara did a tandem parachute jump at 99.

"Older People's views don't matter"

Almost a quarter of the electorate are older people, and over a quarter are ‘real' voters - that is the people who actually vote. In fact, in East Cheshire around 50% of voters at the next election will be aged 55+ - visit www.20millionvotes.org.uk to find out more.