News & Events
AWOC York Ageing Without Children
There are currently over 1 million people over 65 in the UK who have never been parents, this will rise to 2 million by 2030. 4 million people over the age of 50 are not parents.York AWOC continue to support [...]
The Charity Governance Awards 2020 WINNERS
The Charity Governance Awards 2020 WINNERS Older Citizens Advocacy York were the winners in the – Improving Impact – category for charities with 0-3 paid staff. Why we won The judges thought OCAY did really well in improving impact [...]
The Veterans Foundation has very kindly supported our bid to fund advocacy support to Veterans
The Veterans Foundation has very kindly supported our bid to fund advocacy support to Veterans. The need for advocacy support was one of the main issues raised in the Armed Forces Covenant Survey undertaken last year. We are really pleased [...]
Vocal volunteer – Ageism
There are all sorts of isms that people get irate about aren’t there, and by golly, irate IS how they get, myself included sometimes. In my earlier, younger, ~ ok then MUCH younger days it was feminism. Heaven forbid [...]
Vocal volunteer – Social Distancing
Here we are after a few weeks of keeping our distance from those we would rather be nearer. For some of course, being well away from the rest of society is a dream come true, and for others like [...]
Vocal volunteer – March 2020
Well, it’s finally caught us up. The dreaded Corona Virus has scattered our office support, and they are all working from home. At the same time, us volunteers have been left only able to work for our clients from [...]