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Under Way

by admin on June 26, 2009

Our intrepid fundraisers have set off! Leaving Halifax at midday, the next stop is Ben Nevis where the climb will begin at 6am Saturday morning.

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Sponsor our Three Peaks Challenge

by admin on June 25, 2009

On Friday, a team of seven fundraisers (plus Hope the dog) set off to complete the UK Three peaks Challenge to raise funds for Age Concern Calderdale and Kirklees.

Starting in Scotland, the aim is that within 24 hours, starting at 6am on Saturday, they will climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Peak and Snowdon.

If you would like to sponsor their marathon event, you can do so online at www.justgiving.com/andrewfearnley1.

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Newsage May 2009

June 22, 2009

The latest issue of Newsage is now available here.

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Benefits Checker

June 22, 2009

Despite a lot of hard work from local authorities, the Pensions Service, Age Concern and other voluntary organisations, we know that too many older people in Calderdale and Kirklees are still not getting all the financial help they are entitled to.
Age Concern and Help the Aged’s FREE easy-to-use benefits calculator helps you to work out [...]

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Take Action to Prevent Falls

June 19, 2009

On average, 10 older people fall every day in each local authority area as a result of poor pavements. Any fall can lead to serious injuries and increased social isolation.
June 23rd is national Falls Awareness Day – on this day, and every day, please take action to report unsafe pavements that could put local older [...]

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New Job Vacancy

June 18, 2009

We’re looking to recruit a new Admin Team Leader, to be based in our Halifax office. If you’re interested, please download the job advert for more details.

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Home Safety Day, Brighouse

June 1, 2009

We’ll be joining other organisations in the Calderdale Home Safety Forum at the next Home Safety Open Day, on 1st July in Brighouse.
It’s at the Brighouse Methodist Central Church, open from 10 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. Lots of stands and information, including Age Concern, the Pensions service, the Fire Service, Home Energy Action Team, Pennine [...]

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Sundale House Bathing Service Launched

May 22, 2009

Age Concern Calderdale and Kirklees is now offering an assisted bathing service in our state of the art Day Centre at Sundale House, Bradley, near Huddersfield. If you are unable to bathe safely without help, or have physical disabilities, then why not try out our high quality Parker Bath or our level access showering facilities?
In [...]

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Service Contact List

May 18, 2009

For a quick summary of who to contact to find out more about our services, please download our services contact list (pdf).

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March NewsAge now on-line

April 16, 2009

The March issue of our Newsage magazine is now available on line – you can download it as a pdf file here.
Newsage Spring 2009
The next issue of Newsage will be available at the end of May. We want to make sure this gets to more older people and people who work with them than ever [...]

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