Welcome to the Age Alliance Wales website. The Alliance is an alliance of national voluntary organistaions concerned with older people. More information can be found in the 'about us' section.  Use the links to the member's individual websites and find exactly what they are up in their own interest area.

There are 2 vacancies as the Age Alliance's co-ordinator and assistant being advertised on 25th September 2008. Please contact Age Concern Cymru on tel number 02920 431555 or download an application form from their website after 25th September.

An interesting consultation taking place until the 14th November is that of the 'Implementing Dormant Accounts' scheme in Wales. There is approximately 12 million pounds being made available from dormant bank accounts with the money allocated to support some of the priorities of the Welsh Assembly Government. It would seem logical that these accounts belong to many older people in Wales, so check them out if you have held a bank account that you have not used for the past 15 years. If you wish to contribute to the consultation, please contact Betty Smith on 01686 611702 and send your response to the Dormant Accounts Consultation, Big Lottery Fund, 6th Floor, 1, Kingsway, Cardiff, CF10 3JN

Phase 2 of the Strategy for Older People is now well under way. AAW is regarded as one of the National Partners in the Strategy and as such will be meeting in October with the other partners ( Age Concern Cymru; Alzheimers' Society; Help the Aged; Welsh Local Government Association; Retired and Senior Volunteer Progarmme; The Beth Johnson Foundation and the Welsh Assembly Government) on an agenda to take forward implementation over the next couple of years. A strong channel of communication is essential and we hope that our website is a first step to improving how information is exchanged to the benefit of older people.

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