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A Quick Guide to your Rights at the End of Life
Description
Factsheet produced by Compassion in Dying giving a quick guide to the rights you have at the End of Life in England & Wales. To be used in conjunction with the “Knowing your Rights for End of Life Care” Session Plan.
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Accommodation for ex-offenders
Description
Research document focussing on the link between homelessness, crime and imprisonment.
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Adapting your Home
Description
Age UK Guide to services and equipment available and how to obtain them.
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Advance Decision Healthcare Toolkit
Description
Guidance for Health Professionals on Advance Decisions. To be used in conjunction with the “Knowing your Rights for End of Life Care” Session Plan.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
Advance Decision Pack
Description
A comprehensive Advance Decision pack and support guidance notes produced by Compassion in Dying, one of the leading organisations in this field.
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Advance Decisions (Living Wills)
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining what Advance Decisions (Living Wills) and Advance Statements are, why you might want to prepare one or both, the requirements for drawing them up and ways to ensure other people know they exist.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Finance, Benefit & Debt |
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Advance Decisions & Mental Health
Description
This factsheet is for people with a mental illness, or a history of mental illness, who want to understand when their Advance Decision will be followed. It also talks about how an Advance Statement can help in planning for future treatment and care.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Voluntary Sector Resources |
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
Advance Decisions: How will people know my wishes
Description
Compassion in Dying Factsheet explaining who to inform of your Advance Decision (Living Wills).
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
Anti-social behaviour in housing
Description
Age UK Factsheet providing information on how to resolve disputes with neighbours and what to do in case of noise nuisance or harassment. It also looks at local authority powers to deal with anti-social behaviour and when to involve the police.
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Anxiety
Description
A self-help guide for people in prison suffering from anxiety.
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Application for Assisted Prison Visits
Description
Application Form for Assisted Prison Visits to be printed and completed with reference to the “Getting help with the cost of visiting prisoners in UK prisons Factsheet” available on the RECOOP website.
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Application of the Equality Act to older prisoners
Description
Application of the Equality Act to older prisoners
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Applying for a Bus Pass
Description
A useful Guide on the benefits of a free bus pass and how to apply. It provides a complete list of Local Authorities including contact details.
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Applying for work with a criminal record
Description
This guide is intended to help those advising ex-offenders – or ex-offenders themselves – on how to complete application forms or to apply in writing for jobs.
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Approved Premises Rules & Guidance for Residents
Description
Approved Premises National Rules & Guidance which residents must sign on arrival and which apply while they are residing there. To be used in conjunction with the Guide to Living in an Approved Premises Session Plan.
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Approved Premises/Hostels Fact Sheet
Description
Fact Sheet on Approved Premises/Hostels to be used in conjunction with the ‘Living in Approved Premises’ session plan.
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Assisted Prison Visits Scheme Customer Guide
Description
A guide providing information re The Assisted Prison Visits Scheme which offers financial assistance to prisoners’ close relatives, partners or sole visitors and who are in receipt of qualifying benefits/low income when making qualifying visits to prisons
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Avoiding Scams
Description
Age UK Guide that explains the different ways you might be contacted, some of the most common schemes and what you can do if you have fallen victim to a scam.
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Balancing Act
Description
This Briefing addresses health inequalities among people in contact with the criminal justice system.
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Benefits of Making a Will
Description
Notes on the benefits of writing a Will, how to ggo about it and an explanation of Will terminology.
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Benefits of Making a Will
Description
An informal hour and a half session plan to raise awareness of the importance of having a Will and allowing offenders to consider making one.
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Benefits of Volunteering – PowerPoint Presentation
Description
Power Point presentation, written by the Plymouth Guild Volunteer Centre – the third resource to be used in conjunction with the RECOOP Benefits of Volunteering Session Plan.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Benefits of Volunteering – Workshop Introduction
Description
The second of 3 invaluable resources written by the Plymouth Guild Volunteer Centre to be used in conjunction with the RECOOP Benefits of Volunteering Session Plan.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Benefits of Volunteering from Approved Premises
Description
Session Plan designed to discuss and think through the benefits of volunteering from Approved Premises. Available as a Word doc on request.
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Benefits of Volunteering Worksheet
Description
One of 3 invaluable resources, written by the Plymouth Guild Volunteer Centre, to be used in conjunction with the RECOOP Benefits of Volunteering Session Plan.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Bereavement
Description
Age UK Guide offering help with bereavement.
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Bingo (Prison use)
Description
Session Plan for an activity designed to engage participants in stimulating purposeful activity and provid good brain activity for older participants.
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| Topics | Activities, Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
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Black History “Firsts”
Description
Black History “Firsts” – to accompany Black History Summary Session Plan
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Black Paper Transformation
Description
Session Plan enabling participants to talk about bringing light and positivity into their own situations resulting in increased wellbeing and calmness.
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Bladder and Bowel Problems
Description
This guide looks at different types of bladder and bowel problems and what you can do to help yourself.
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Booklet for people on licence for a sex offence
Description
This booklet contains information for sex offenders on release from prison. It may also be useful to families, employers and people working with sex offenders.
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Card Making
Description
Session Plan enabling prisoners to produce cards that can be used for celebrations, develop their craft skills and encourage peer support. Available as a Word document on request.
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Care Act – Frequently Asked Questions
Description
Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Care Act in Prisons and Approved Premises.
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Care Act Leaflet 1 – General Information
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 1 – General Information.
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Care Homes
Description
Age UK Guide that aims to help you decide whether moving into a care home is the right choice.
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Caring for someone with Dementia
Description
A practical Age UK guide which takes you through from getting a referral to a memory clinic and talking to family and friends about the diagnosis. It also offers suggestions for organisations that can offer further information and advice.
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Cervical Screening
Description
Information on the importance of cervical screening (smear tests).
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Characteristic Prompt Cards
Description
Session Plan designed to encourage participants to discuss how they might feel about themselves or others. Available as a Word doc on request.
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Claiming your State Pension
Description
Information on how to claim your State Pension.
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Council & Housing Association Housing
Description
Factsheet giving information about applying for housing from local authorities and housing associations.
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Creative Writing
Description
Session plan designed to provide a safe space for reflection, allowing a sense of identity and voice and the development of writing, speak and listening skills.
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| Pathways | Abuse, Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Drugs & Alcohol, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
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Cup Stacking Game
Description
A fun game to facilitate an individual, or group challenge, aimed at improving dexterity and hand/eye co-ordination.
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Dealing with an Estate
Description
Age UK Factsheet providing general information for personal representatives on how to carry out their duties. It includes information on what happens if someone has not left a will.
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Dealing with Depression
Description
Guide explaining what mental health is and what might make you vulnerable to depression. It also has guidance on where you can go for help and things you can do to help yourself and stay well.
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Dental Care
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining what you can expect if you receive NHS dental treatment, their charges and what you can do if you are dissatisfied. It also looks briefly at private dental treatment.
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Depression and Low Mood
Description
A self-help guide for people in prison suffering from depression and low mood.
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Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
Description
Factsheet looking at Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards. These relate to people lacking the mental capacity to make decisions about their care and treatment, who need to be placed and detained in care homes or hospitals for their care or treatment.
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Developing Services for Older Offenders
Description
Research conducted by Age UK and The Derwent Institute into Developing Services for older offenders in Northumbria.
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Disclosing Criminal Records
Description
This guide is for adult job seekers who are ready and able to work and who need to disclose their criminal record.
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Doing the Laundry
Description
Session Plan aimed at offenders who may be living by themselves for the first time and have little, or no knowledge, of how to do their own laundry.
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Doing the Laundry
Description
Notes to help you when ‘Doing the laundry’, perhaps for the first time.
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Drawing Game
Description
A game allowing participants the opportunity of working as part of a team, promoting listening skills and working out how to describe something of manual dexterity. It is also a lesson in recognition.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Easy Read Care Act – A3 poster
Description
Easy Read Care Act – A3 poster
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 2 – What Councils have to do
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 2 – What Councils have to do.
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 4 – Assessment
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 4 – Assessment.
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 5 – Care and Support Plans
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 5 – Care and Support Plans
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 6 – Paying for your Care
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 6 – Paying for your Care
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 7 – Care and Support when you move
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 7 – Care and Support when you move
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 8 – Keeping you safe
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 8 – Keeping you safe
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Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 9 – Making a complaint
Description
Easy Read Care Act Leaflet 9 – Making a complaint
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Easy Read Leaflet 3 – Who can get Care and Support?
Description
Easy Read Leaflet 3 – Who can get Care and Support?
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Electronic Prescriptions
Description
Information on paperless prescriptions via the electronic Prescription Service (EPS) and Electronic Repeat Dispensing (eRD).
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End of Life – Common words and phrases
Description
A useful guide to some words and phrases you may hear when planning your care and treatment at the End of Life. To be used in conjunction with the “Knowing your Rights for End of Life” session plan.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
Equality, Discrimination & Equality Duty
Description
Factsheet explaining basic information about discrimination and equality as covered by the Equality Act 2010.
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Final NOMS Project Evaluation Report August 2016
Description
Final Evaluation Report by SERIO on the NOMS funded Research Project designed to “Assess the need and ability of prisons and approved premises to adapt their regimes to meet the needs of older offenders”.
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Finding Care Home Accommodation
Description
Age UK Factsheet giving information about finding, choosing and funding a suitable care home.
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Finding Help at Home
Description
Age UK Facsheet giving information about how to get support to help you to live at home if you are having difficulty managing.
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Finding Private Rented Accommodation
Description
Age UK Factsheet providing information about finding private rented accommodation.
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Getting help at home
Description
Age UK Guide which gives an overview of the range of help available, how to access it and the different ways to pay for it.
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Getting help with Debt
Description
Age UK leaflet on how to deal with debt problems including useful contact details.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Voluntary Sector Resources |
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Getting help with the cost of visiting prisoners
Description
Factsheet giving information on how to get help with the cost of visiting prisoners in UK Prisons.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Reports/Research, Voluntary Sector Resources |
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Getting Legal Advice
Description
Age UK Factsheet helping you identify how to get the legal help you need, including legal information and advice on civil matters (but not criminal matters).
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| Pathways | Accommodation, Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Education, Training & Employment, Finance, Benefit & Debt |
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Getting the best energy deal
Description
Factsheet looking at how you can get the best deal on your energy by switching tariff or supplier.
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Good Practice Guide – ‘Older Offender’ Champion
Description
Good Practice Guide highlighting the benefits of having an organisational ‘older offender’ Champion role, including a template job description.
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Good Practice Guide – Accessing Local Services
Description
Good Practice Guide on accessing local services to support the older offender. The additional challenges and complexities of being an older offender in the community need to be carefully considered when working with this group.
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Good Practice Guide – Resettlement Planning
Description
A Good Practice Guide offering key points for the older offender to consider when planning his/her Resettlement.
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Good Practice in service user involvement
Description
Good Practice Guide in service user involvement from the voluntary sector working in criminal justice, which includes RECOOP’s Older Prisoner Forums.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Reports/Research, Voluntary Sector Resources |
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Gramophones & Phonographs or topic of choice
Description
Session Plan given by a Prison Officer to build on staff/prisoner relations using specialist interests.
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Growing Old in Prison
Description
Supported by the Nuffield Foundation, this Report documents the findings of a scoping study conductd by the Centre for Policy on Ageing and the Prison Reform Trust on the needs of older prisoners in England and Wales.
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Guest Speakers
Description
Inviting guest speakers into the prisons to give talks to groups of older prisoners can be an excellent way of raising awareness of potential issues and providing information on a range of topics such as health, hobbies, welfare rights etc.
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Guide to Finding Accommodation
Description
The information in this CAB Guide is about finding accommodation, dealing mainly with finding rented accommodation, but does include certain schemes run by local authorities and housing associations to help you buy your own home.
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Guide to Living in Temporary Accommodation
Description
A useful Guide for anyone moving into temporary accommodation (also known as hostels).
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Guide to Living on a Budget
Description
A useful Guide to Living on a Budget aimed at older offenders who may have become out of touch with daily living costs and managing their own money.
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Guide to using a Smartphone
Description
A simple explanation of how to use a Smartphones and their uses.
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Health/Social Care Needs for older prisoner
Description
Report providing evidence based guidance on undertaking Health & Social Care Needs Assessments of older people within prisons.
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Healthy Eating
Description
Practical tips covering the basics of healthy eating to help you make healthier choices:
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Healthy Eating – Approved Premises
Description
Session Plan designed to encourage those living in Approved Premises to think about what they eat, help them make informed choices and encourage healthy eating. Available as a Word doc on request.
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Healthy Eating – Prison
Description
Session Plan designed to encourage prisoners to think about what they eat, help them make informed choices and encourage healty eating.
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Healthy Eating – Voluntary Sector
Description
Session Plan designed to encourage offenders to think about what they eat, help them make informed choices and encourage healthy eating, including the Eatwell Guide and food labelling.
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Healthy Living
Description
Age UK Guide to maintaining a healthy body and mind.
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Help with NHS Costs
Description
Leaflet explaining who is entitled to free NHS prescriptions.
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Hobbies Description Game
Description
An activity allowing participants to interact with each other, non-verbally and work as a team to problem-solve.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Homelessness
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining what help is available if you are homeless or at risk of homelessness, for example because of a tenancy ending or relationship breakdown.
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Hospital Discharge Arrangements
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining how your discharge from hospital should be managed following NHS treatment so that you receive the help you need in the most appropriate location.
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Housing Options
Description
Age UK Guide giving information about your housing options and explains how and where you can find out more.
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How to be an executor
Description
Leaflet explaining what to expect and key responsibilities of being appointed an executor and offers suggestions for organisations that can offer further information and advice about your options.
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How to Resolve Problems about Social Care
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining what to do if you are not satisfied with any aspect of the service you receive from your Local Authority.
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How to stay socially connected
Description
A useful Factsheet, produced by Independent Age, listing some social activities and befriending services to help you feel more connected and reduce loneliness.
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How to write a winning tender
Description
Factsheet covering the issues you need to consider in order to write a successful tender.
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Human Rights for prisoners
Description
PRT has produced this human rights booklet for prisoners, which explains your rights as a prisoner under the Human Rights Act.
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ID for Bank Account Applications for prisoners
Description
Form PS1 44/2011 issued by the Ministry of Justice providing instructions on how to provide prisoners with the identifcation required to open a bank account. For use alongside the “Managing your Money on the outside” Session Plan.
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Ideas for Reminiscing Activities
Description
Creative ideas for Group Reminiscing activities, with a focus on ethnic minorities.
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Intermediate Care and Reablement
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining intermediate care, a term that includes reablement.
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Internet Security
Description
Age UK Guide to staying safe online (yourself and your computer).
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Involving ex-offenders in Volunteering
Description
A guide aiming to help achieve its dual aims of keeping service users safe while providing opportunities for those ex-offenders who could become valuable volunteers.
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Knitting/Craftwork
Description
A 2hr therapeutic Session Plan encouraging participation and interaction with others, creativity and wellbeing.
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Knowing your Rights for End of Life Care
Description
Session Plan designed to explain the options open regarding End of Life Care, including Advanced Decision and Power of Attorney. Available as a Word doc on request.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
Later Life in the UK
Description
Useful Age UK Factsheet to accompany the RECOOP Planning My Retirement Session Plan. It gives the most up-to-date, publicly available, general information on people in later life in the UK.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Finance, Benefit & Debt, Health |
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| Topics | Reports/Research, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Learning Disabilities in the CJS
Description
Document outlining the characteristics / problems faced by those with a learning disability and what you can do to help.
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LGBT+ Navigating Later Life
Description
Age UK Guide helping you navigate through systems that can feel complicated or confusing and will help you understand your rights and make sure they’re always respected.
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Living in Approved Premises
Description
Session Plan providing information to help prisoners prepare themselves for living in approved premises on release from prison.
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Living Will
Description
A Living Will form to be attached to Prisoners’ Personal Plans.
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Living with Dementia
Description
Factsheet explaining more about the different types of dementia and the help available to support and maintain independent living.
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Living with early-stage dementia
Description
Age UK Guide explaining what dementia is and the kind of support that is available to those living with it. It is also helpful for families and friends of someone with a diagnosis.
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Local Gov & Social Care Ombudsman leaflet
Description
Leaflet explaining how the Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman can help in the event of you wishing to make a complaint about the social care you are, or should be, receiving whilst in prison.
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Local Gov & Social Care Ombudsman poster
Description
LGSCO poster giving contact details for those who are unhappy with the social care they are receiving in prison.
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Looking after your money
Description
Having made the decision that you need to share the responsibility of managing your money, this Guide will help show you how to protect your finances as far as possible and what to do if things do go wrong,
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Losing Track of Time
Description
Dementia and the ageing prison population: treatment challenges and examples of good practice.
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Macmillan – List of recommended Learn Zone courses
Description
Macmillan has recommended a number of Learn Zone courses for RECOOP members, to be read in conjunction with the Learn Zone User Guide for RECOOP users, which can also be downloaded from the Resource/Document Library.
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Macmillan Learn Zone User Guide for Recoop members
Description
Learn Zone is Macmillan’s e-learning website and is free for everyone to access. This User Guide should be read in conjunction with the List of Recommended Courses for Recoop members, also available to download from the Resource/Document Library.
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Making a complaint about NHS Care
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining how to make a complaint about NHS services, including situations where your complaint covers both NHS and social care services.
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Making a Will
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining what you should think about before making a will and includes information about choosing executors, finding professional help and what might happen if you don’t make a will.
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Managing your money on the outside
Description
Session Plan providing information and tools to help prisoners prepare themselves to manage their finances on release from prison.
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Meditation Session Plan
Description
Session Plan introducing participants to the benefits of Meditation and helping them to relieve depression, anxiety disorders, addictive behaviour, chronic pain as well as other mental and physical issues.
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Mental Health & Debt Guide
Description
Help, information, guidance and support for individuals with mental health issues and their carers.
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Mosaic Making
Description
A Session Plan offering participants a space for individual creativity and sense of identity and promoting confidence and self-esteem.
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NACRO Managing your Money Checklist & Guide
Description
Useful document to accompany Managing your Money on the outside Session Plan.
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News & Views
Description
Quiz – Numbers
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NHS Continuing Healthcare and Nursing Care
Description
Age UK Factsheet giving information about both NHS continuing healthcare and NHS-funded nursing care.
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NHS Services
Description
Age UK Factsheet looking at NHS primary care services.
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Older Prisoner Forums
Description
For prisons and individual prisoners, there are a number of advantages in promoting development of prison-based Older Prisoner’ Forums. This booklet gives all the information required to establish a Forum. Available as a Word document on request.
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Opening a basic bank account before release
Description
Useful information, provided by Unlock, on how to open a bank account in preparation for release and the options available.
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Own Magazine
Description
Session Plan on planning, preparing and owning “Own Magazine” showing an example written by the Rubies in Eastwood Park.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
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Park/Mobile Homes
Description
Age UK Factsheet providing information about legislation relating to park/mobile homes.
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Planning Ahead – Making choices for end of life
Description
A Guide produced by Compassion in Dying which will support you to record your preferences to help ensure they are respected if you cannot make a decision for yourself, or tell people what you want.
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Planning for your Funeral
Description
Age UK Factsheet that discusses making arrangements in advance for your, or someone else’s, funeral.
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Post Traumatic Stress
Description
A self-help guide for people in prison suffering with Post Traumatic Stress.
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Powers of Attorney
Description
Help with making decisions about your health, welfare and finances.
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Preventing Evictions
Description
Factsheet providing information on a tenant’s rights to keep their home and what to do if threatened with eviction.
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Prisoners’ Pension Rights
Description
A response by the Prison Reform Trust to the White Paper “Security in retirement: towards a new pensions system”, published by the Department for Work & Pensions in May 2006
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Quick Reads Reading Group Toolkit
Description
Useful ‘Quick Reads’ Toolkit to accompany the “Reading Group – Book Review” Session Plan.
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Quiz – Christmas Theme
Description
Quiz – Christmas Theme
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Quiz – Numbers
Description
Quiz – Numbers
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 1
Description
Any communication or interaction for older offenders is helpful as coming from a prison environment they may well have ostracised themselves. Learning to interact with a simple quiz is an important skill-set they need in order to prevent social isolation.
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Quiz 1 – General Knowledge
Description
Quizzes can be an excellent form of mental stimulation. We have a selection that were produced by our service users, which you can download for free. Alternatively, you could write your own, use a quiz book or download them from the internet.
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Quiz 10 – Queen Elizabeth II Theme
Description
Quiz 10 – Queen Elizabeth II Theme
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 11 – General Knowledge
Description
Quiz 11 – General Knowledge
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 12
Description
Quiz 12
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 13 – Christmas themed Anagrams
Description
Quiz 13 – Christmas themed Anagrams
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 14 – Winter theme
Description
Quiz 14 – Winter theme
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 15 – Advertising slogans of the 1970s
Description
Quiz 15 – Advertising slogans of the 1970s
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Quiz 16 – Christmas Themed Anagrams 2018
Description
Quiz 16 – Christmas Themed Anagrams 2018
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Quiz 17 – Christmas Theme 2018
Description
Christmas Theme 2018
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Quiz 18 – Nutrition – True or False
Description
Quiz 18 – Nutrition – True or False
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Quiz 19 – Fashion
Description
Quiz 19 – Fashion
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Quiz 2
Description
Any communication or interaction for older offenders is helpful as coming from a prison environment they may well have ostracised themselves. Learning to interact with a simple quiz is an important skill-set they need in order to prevent social isolation.
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Quiz 20 – General Knowledge
Description
Quiz 20 – General Knowledge
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| Topics | Activities, Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Quiz 21 – Guy Fawkes, Bonfires & Fireworks
Description
Quiz 21 – Guy Fawkes, Bonfires & Fireworks
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Quiz 22 – Christmas Anagrams
Description
Quiz 22 – Christmas Anagrams
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Quiz 3 General Knowledge
Description
Quiz 3 – general knowledge
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 4 General Knowledge
Description
Quiz 4 General Knowledge
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment |
Quiz 5 – Politics
Description
Quiz 5 – Politics
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Quiz 6 – Autumn Theme
Description
Quiz 6 – Autumn Theme
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Quiz 7 – Christmas Theme
Description
Quiz 7 – Christmas Theme
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Quiz 8 – New Year Theme
Description
Quiz 8 – New Year Theme
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Quiz 9 – Valentine’s Theme
Description
Quiz 9 – Valentine’s Theme
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Quiz Session Plan (110 questions)
Description
Session Plan designed to provide a social opportunity that encourages prisoners to participate in a group activity and discussion.
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| Topics | Activities, Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Reading Group – Book Review
Description
Session Plan focussed on establishing a Reading/Book Review group. Available as a Word Doc on request.
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Relaxation using Visualisation
Description
Session Plan designed to help calm and quieten the mind and body.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Session/Training Plans, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Reminiscing Handbook
Description
A Handbook designed as a resource for carers, family and volunteers who interact with older people.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Children & Families, Health |
Report of Inquiry into Older Prisoners
Description
Report on the findings of an Inquiry into Older Prisoners recently published by the House of Commons Justice Committee.
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Safeguarding older people from abuse
Description
Age UK Factsheet explaining the law on safeguarding adults to help you decide what to do if you think an older person is being abused or neglected, or may be at risk of abuse or neglect.
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Sale of the Century
Description
Session Plan for an activity to familiarise participants with the cost of both every day and luxury items in today’s world.
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Save Energy, Pay Less
Description
Age UK Guide offering tips on reducing the amount of energy that you use in your home, thereby saving money.
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Seeing Me
Description
Guidance on sight and hearing difficulties for staff who care for older people.
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Service Directory
Description
A comprehensive Guide providing information and contact details on a number of national organisations and resources that could help support individuals and workers in relation to a variety of different needs. Available as a Word document on request.
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| Topics | Prison Resources, Probation Resources, Voluntary Sector Resources |
Sleep
Description
Session Plan designed to get people to talk about the sleep difficulties they experience and how they could do something positive about it. Available as a Word doc. upon request.
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Social Care Jargon Buster
Description
A useful resource containing 52 of the most commonly used social care words and phrases and what they mean.
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Spaghetti and Marshmallow Tower Quiz
Description
Session plan offering participants the opportunity of group interaction and constructive/creative thinking. Available as a Word document upon request.
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Specialist housing for older people
Description
Age UK factsheet giving information about housing intended specifically for older people, such as sheltered housing.
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Staying cool in a heatwave
Description
Age UK Guide giving helpful tips on how to protect yourself from the heat, how to recognise heat-related illness and what to do when someone shows signs of it.
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Staying Safe
Description
A guide on personal security at home and out and about.
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Staying Safe – Online Shopping
Description
Information on how to stay safe when online shopping.
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Staying Steady
Description
Age UK Guide explaining ways to reduce your risk of falling by looking after your health and the practical things yoiu can do to make sure your home is a safe environment.
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Stepometer Case Study
Description
A prison case study following the introduction of a stepometer challenge for prisoners in a South West prison, including feedback from officers and prisoners. Available as a Word Doc upon request.
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Supporting Older Offenders with Dementia
Description
This Guide offers help to those working with Dementia sufferers in recognising the symptoms and how they can assist.
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Supporting over 50’s Questionnaire
Description
Questionnaire designed to help prisons shape the services and activities that are available to prisoners who are aged 50+.
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Survival Cookery
Description
A useful Session Plan to enable pre-release prisoners to cope on release with basic bed-sit environments including simple microwave recipes.
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Survival Cookery Skills
Description
Session Plan designed to enable participants to manage basic cooking skills using a microwave and gain confidence in cooking for themselves. Includes recipes.
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| Pathways | Attitudes, Thinking & Behaviour, Education, Training & Employment, Health |
Tenancy Agreements
Description
Useful information on Tenancy Agreements provided by the Citizens Advice Bureau.
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Tenants’ Rights – Rent
Description
Age UK Factsheet providing information about what your landlord can charge you as rent, depending on the type of tenancy you have.
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Thinking about end-of-life
Description
Thinking about the end of life can be difficult, but being well informed can help you consider all your options at a time that’s right for you.
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Transgender issues in later life
Description
Factsheet providing information about later life for transgender people, covering a range of legal, financial and social care issues, a guide to terminology and details of where to go for further information and support.
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UNLOCKING Banking
Description
Useful document to accompany “Managing your Money on the outside” session plan.
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Useful Contacts
Description
Directory of useful contacts covering consumer issues, employment, social care, health, housing, legal issues, money matters and more.
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Walking for fitness & Healthy Living
Description
A resource to show you how to use a pedometer, calculate your steps per mile and a list of walks and distances to work towards. Available as a Word Doc upon request.
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Walking for fitness & Healthy Living AP
Description
Session Plan providing those in Approved Premises with an innovative way of setting some healthy-living goals and increasing their health and wellbeing by their walking activity. Available as a Word document on request.
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Wills and Estate Planning
Description
Practical advice about making and updating your Will.
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Winter wrapped up
Description
Age UK Guide to keeping well and staying warm in winter.
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Word Search Session Plan
Description
Session Plan designed to engage participants in stimulating purposeful activity and offer good brain activity for older participants.
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Your Mind Matters
Description
A guide looking at talking about mental health, the common symptoms of mental health problems and what support is available.
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