Tag: Age Scotland
Age Scotland warns against council cuts
Next week The City of Edinburgh Council will set its budget for the year ahead. The council will have to find almost £80 million of cuts to services to create a balanced budget.In...
Two Edinburgh charities receive funding for dementia meeting centres
Heart of Newhaven and Eric Liddell Community are among five Scottish organisations which have been awarded funding from the Meeting Centres Seedcorn Fund to create meeting centres for people affected by dementia.The Meeting...
Free smoke alarms available in Edinburgh
A charity is urging Edinburgh homeowners to apply for free smoke alarms before the deadline for new Scottish Government safety standards.Care and Repair Edinburgh, which is part of the Age Scotland family, will supply...
Walking football marathon will raise funds for Age Scotland
A team of walking footballers will take on a marathon challenge at Oriam in November to raise funds for charity Age Scotland.The event will take place on 21 November 2021 from 9am to 5pm....
Age Scotland urge caution in the hot weather
Age Scotland is asking everyone to look out for older relatives and friends as the current heatwave continues.Temperatures are predicted to soar as high as 28 degrees Celsius in the west of Scotland over...
Age Scotland offers social security training
Age Scotland is offering free social security training workshops for older people in the Lothians.The two-hour online workshops, funded by the Yorkshire Building Society, offer an accessible guide to social security for those over...
#SP2021 Age Scotland issues its manifesto
The national charity for older people, Age Scotland, has called on the next Scottish Government to have more policies to help older people. They also want the next government to set up an Older...
Beware ongoing vaccine scams
The charity, Age Scotland, has warned older people to be on their guard against scams, saying these are heartless attempts to trick people into paying for vaccinations.Often this is masqueraded as a...
Craigentinny Primary School win award from Age Scotland
Craigentinny Primary School have won the Patrick Brooks Award or Best Working Partnership at this year's Age Scotland Awards. The school has won this for taking part in a project with North Edinburgh Dementia...
Coronavirus – national exemption scheme for those who cannot wear a mask
The charity Age Scotland welcomes the news that The Scottish Government is to introduce a national scheme for those unable to wear a mask.The reasons for any exemption will be medical ones.The...
Age Scotland boss is doing an ultramarathon today – in his garden
Age Scotland's Chief Executive, Brian Sloan is off on a 30 mile walk today. He will stay local though as he will be walking in his home and the back garden.The reason behind...
Quarter of Scottish coronavirus deaths from care homes
A quarter of the deaths related to Covid-19 recorded in Scotland have been care home residents.The charity Age Scotland is now demanding better medical care for care home residents after the National Records of...
Age Scotland demands that older shoppers have a priority hour
Age Scotland urges priority slots for older shoppers at all supermarkets Scotland's national charity for older people has urged all supermarkets to follow Sainsbury's, Iceland, Tesco and Asda by supporting pensioners and disabled shoppers during...
Free entry for over 60s at the Zoo
In a move to tackle loneliness among older people, Age Scotland and Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) have teamed up to allow free entry for over 60s between 11 and 18 October. A...
Walking Football Scotland honoured at Age Scotland Awards Ceremony
Newly formed charity Walking Football Scotland (WFS) has been honoured at the Age Scotland 2018 National Conference and Awards Ceremony which was held at the Raddison Blu Hotel in Glasgow on Tuesday 20 March.The event, described as ‘Later Life in Scotland...
Miles likes Body Boosting Bingo!
Miles Briggs Conservative MSP for Lothian has developed a love of bingo. But fear not, this game has a real benefit other than winning cash prizes!Miles is backing a new Age Scotland initiative to encourage older people...
Age Scotland Walking Football Festival at Ainslie Park
Fourteen teams from throughout the UK took part in the first Age Scotland Walking Football Festival at Ainslie Park on Sunday.Teams from throughout the UK including two from Newcastle Upon Tyne and squads from Inverness,...
Age Scotland helping you to grow old gracefully
Time to rethink our perception of later life
More than four out of five Scots want to see society adjust its perception of later life, moving away from negative stereotypes of ageing.
New research from Age...
Act soon to get the most out of your electricity rate
New legislation means customers need to act now to change tariffs.
AGE SCOTLAND ENTERPRISES ENCOURAGES OLDER PEOPLE TO ACT NOW TO GET THE MOST FROM ENERGY MARKET REFORMS Age Scotland Enterprises encourages customers to act now...
Older people who feel lonely should call Silver Line Scotland
Age Scotland is calling on older people in Edinburgh who feel lonely, or who face difficulties, over the Christmas holiday to make use of Silver Line Scotland; a new free* national helpline offering information,...
Call for Edinburgh to nominate its older people’s champion
Edinburgh residents are invited to nominate their local champions for older people for the Age Scotland Awards 2013. The Charity is looking for individuals, groups, partnerships and services that are inspirational in making a...
Edinburgh MSP supports Age Scotland’s Still Waiting campaign
Local MSP backs campaign against older isolation at Age Scotland Nicolson Street shop
Alison Johnstone, Lothian Green MSP, visited Age Scotland’s shop on Edinburgh’s Nicolson Street at lunchtime today to give her backing to the...
Age Scotland need donations for Newington shop
Age Scotland is appealing for volunteers and stock donations for its new charity shop in Newington, due to open on 30th September. The shop will be the Charity’s second in Edinburgh; the first is...
