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OCAY Aviva Community Fund Project – Helping older people to maximise their income
The Aviva Community Fund Crowdfunder is open. You can help us by clicking here! Please pledge your support to our bid and share our link to raise awareness about our project: Helping Older People to Maximise their Income. The project [...]
Deciding Together Local Fund for York
This is a new fund that puts people in York in control of £240,000 to design and decide on grants to help the city better respond to people facing multiple issues including homelessness, addiction & recovery, mental health & well [...]
OCAY longer term impact pilot report
Last year we decided to undertake a pilot survey to help us to understand the longer term impact our advocacy service had on older people who have worked with us. The report attached sets out how we did this and [...]
OCAY 2021-22 Quarter 1 Statistics
We have just completed our report for our Quarter 1 Stats (April-June 2021). OCAY volunteers have supported 129 older people so far, this financial year. 60% of our clients were female, whilst 40% were male. Thank you to everyone who [...]
York Older People Assembly are recruiting an Admin Assistant!
York Older People Assembly are looking for a new Admin Assitant. This is a part-time positon, 8 hours a week. The job purpose is to be the first line of contact to York Older People Assembly in a friendly and [...]
How is support after a dementia diagnosis experienced by people who have dementia and carers in York?
Healthwatch York want to hear from people with lived experience, the experts on living with dementia. They are creating a report exploring how support after a dementia diagnosis is experienced in York and what needs improvement. Healthwatch want to produce [...]