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Updated Creative Challenge Packs

You can now claim a hard copy of Age UK Oxfordshire’s Creative Challenge Pack on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Creative Team at Age UK Oxfordshire are developing non-digital creative opportunities for older people to participate in during the Age of Creativity Festival (1 – 31 May).  As part of this work they are updating our Creative Challenge Pack (which used to look like this).  They have worked with our Dementia Oxfordshire team, so the revamped version is even more age friendly, dementia friendly, and accessible.

As they are doing a print run very soon, they would like to offer up to 30 printed copies to share with your teams, older people locally, and to support groups.  They are also updating the PDF to put on their website so you will be able to download and print the pack as a whole document or as individual challenges.

If you would like printed copies sent to you in the next month to share locally, as part of Dementia Action Week, Carers Week or any other moment, please reply contact Kate and Kayleigh on hello@ageofcreativity.co.uk with the answers to the following questions by Friday 28 April at 12pm:

•             How many hard copies would you like (up to 30)?

•             What address would you like them sent to?

This is a limited offer because there is rarely funding for printed materials, so please do get in touch if it’s something you would find useful. There have been lots of enquiries about the packs over the years, so don’t miss out on accessible creativity that can be handed to those who need it most.  Please be aware that the packs will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.

If you haven’t seen the latest Age of Creativity Festival e-Newsletter news then you can see it here.

Partner Information Return – Data Report for Q3 of 2022/23 now available!

The Partner Information Return data report from Q3 of 2022/23 is now available for you to view below, along with details of the next PIR.

A big thank you to all 91 Partners that completed the PIR for Quarter 3 of 2022/23! You can find the full data report of your responses below, which we will use to keep displaying our collective strength in media, fundraising, and influencing opportunities over the coming months.

The final PIR form for the 2022/23 financial year will be shared in April and we hope to get as many responses as possible, so please look out for this in Signpost towards the end of March. A wider response would allow us to provide as accurate as possible a representation of the large reach and great work with older people that is being done across all Partners and regions.

The headline findings from the PIR data for Q3 of 2022/23 are as follows:

The Age UK Network had a total of 1,249,526 contacts in the third quarter of 2022/2023 between October 2022 and December 2022 (inclusive). On average 133,051 people were supported a month of Q3 of 2022/2023, with people supported peaking at 151,881 in September 2022.

Benchmarking by population produced an average of 2157 People Supported per 100,000 65+ across this quarter, up from the equivalent period last financial year (1996 People per 100K).

You can download or view the full report below:

Partner Information Return Report- Q3 2022/23Download

Funding Bulletin #31 – Updates on Public, Corporate, Trusts and Public Sector Funding | February 2023

The latest fundraising bulletin is now available for you to view below.

Welcome to the February funding bulletin! This month’s bulletin contains details of upcoming services, programmes and campaigns, including Free Wills Month and an update on Age UK’s Older Prisoners Programme.

If you know of a colleague at your organisation who would like to receive this bulletin and other updates from Age UK in our e-newsletter Signpost, please share this sign up form with them. Thank you!

You can view or download the Bulletin below:

Funding Bulletin No. 31 February 2023Download

Funding Bulletin #30 – Updates on Public, Corporate, Trusts and Public Sector Funding | January 2023

The latest fundraising bulletin is now available for you to view below.

Welcome to the January funding bulletin. This month’s bulletin contains some potential funding opportunities and information on Age UK projects, including an update on the Digital Champions programme.

If you know of a colleague at your organisation who would like to receive this bulletin and other updates from Age UK in our e-newsletter Signpost, please share this sign up form with them. Thank you!

You can view or download the Bulletin below:

Funding Bulletin No. 30 – January 2023Download

Reminder: Up to £40,000 available to every partner through the Cost of Living Response Fund

There’s still time to apply for Age UK’s Cost of Living Response Fund! Grants of up to £40,000 are available to every local and national partner. Find out full details below.

In December, we announced a £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund to support your organisation to continue delivering much-needed services for older people during this difficult time. This is a quick reminder that the deadline for applications is Friday 20 January, find out all the details, including how to apply, below.

Grants of up to £40,000 are available per local or national partner, or up to £80,000 for one or more partners who work together, as long as your organisation’s proposal meets the grant criteria for the funding. We’ll start distributing the funding in February 2023 and it can be spent up until 31 March 2024, recognising that the impact of this crisis will be felt for months to come. 

Guidance notes and FAQ Document

Guidance notes for this fund, along with the list of questions can be found on the Loop. We’ve also compiled a brief FAQ document with answers to the questions that you have asked us so far. We’ll keep updating and sharing this document as additional questions come through.

If you are having any trouble accessing the loop, please get in touch: theloop@ageuk.org.uk.

How to apply for funding

We are conscious that you are currently under a lot of time pressure, so we have created as short an application process as possible, requesting the minimum of information we need to record how the funds will be targeted.

You can apply for funding through our GIFTS Portal. Click here to start your application. Once started, you can return to your saved application using this link here.

The deadline for applications is Friday 20 January 2023.

We’re happy to provide direct support to partners if helpful, which would be provided by someone explicitly not involved in the grant allocation committee. To request this, please contact  Service.Design@ageuk.org.uk.

Cost of Living Response Fund Reminder

Find out all about the new £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund from Age UK, including a new FAQ document to respond to your questions.

This is a quick reminder that grants of up to £40,000 are available per local or national partner as part of the new £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund from Age UK. You can find out full details below, including the link to apply and a handy FAQ document produced in response to some of your questions.

Many colleagues, both locally and nationally, have highlighted to Age UK and the Age England Association (AEA) the significant impact the cost of living crisis has been having on older people and your organisations. 

To help you make sure that older people receive the help and support they need at this time, grants of up to £40,000 will be available per local or national partner (or up to £80,000 for one or more partners who work together) as long as your organisation’s proposal meets the grant criteria for the funding.

FAQ Document

We have received some questions about the Cost of Living Response Fund which we have answered in the document below. We’ll keep updating and sharing this document as additional questions come through.

Cost of Living Response Fund – FAQsDownload

How to apply for funding

The grant application form, guidance and budget documents can be found on the loop here:

Click here to start your application!

Please get in touch if you are having any trouble accessing this link – theloop@ageuk.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is Friday 20 January 2023.

We’ll start distributing the funding in February/March 2023 and it can be spent up until 31 March 2024, recognising that the impact of this crisis will be felt for months to come. More detail about the fund is available in the grant guidance document on the loop.

Funding Bulletin #29 – Updates on Public, Corporate, Trusts and Public Sector Funding | December 2022

The latest fundraising bulletin is now available for you to view below.

Welcome to the December funding bulletin – a slightly earlier and shorter edition than normal due to the Christmas period! This month’s bulletin contains details of new funding from the organisation Friends of the Elderly, as well as a reminder of the New Cost of Living Response Fund from Age UK.

If you know of a colleague at your organisation who would like to receive this bulletin and other updates from Age UK in our e-newsletter Signpost, please share this sign up form with them. Thank you!

You can view or download the Bulletin below:

Funding Bulletin No. 29 – December 2022Download

New Cost of Living Response Fund FAQ Document

Find out all about the new £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund from Age UK, including a new FAQ document to respond to your questions.

This is a quick reminder that grants of up to £40,000 are available per local or national partner as part of the new £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund from Age UK. You can find out full details below, including the link to apply and a handy FAQ document produced in response to some of your questions.

Many colleagues, both locally and nationally, have highlighted to Age UK and the Age England Association (AEA) the significant impact the cost of living crisis has been having on older people and your organisations. 

To help you make sure that older people receive the help and support they need at this time, grants of up to £40,000 will be available per local or national partner (or up to £80,000 for one or more partners who work together) as long as your organisation’s proposal meets the grant criteria for the funding.

FAQ Document

We have received some questions about the Cost of Living Response Fund which we have answered in the document below. We’ll keep updating and sharing this document as additional questions come through.

Cost of Living Response Fund FAQsDownload

How to apply for funding

The grant application form, guidance and budget documents can be found on the loop here:

Click here to start your application!

Please get in touch if you are having any trouble accessing this link – theloop@ageuk.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is Friday 20 January 2023.

We’ll start distributing the funding in February/March 2023 and it can be spent up until 31 March 2024, recognising that the impact of this crisis will be felt for months to come. More detail about the fund is available in the grant guidance document on the loop.

NHS Strikes Factsheet – Key Messages and FAQ

Download a new factsheet from Age UK’s Health Influencing Team on the upcoming NHS strikes, including key messaging and an FAQ.

Age UK’s Health Influencing Team are aware that some partners may be receiving questions about the upcoming NHS strikes and how they may impact local areas. The team has prepared a Q&A factsheet below with some key messaging, which should help with answering some of these questions from older people in your area.

You can view or download the Key Messages and FAQ document below:

NHS Strikes – Key Messages and FAQDownload

New Cost of Living Response Fund Available for all Partners

Up to £40,000 of new funding is available for every local and national partner to help with delivering much-needed services for older people during the cost of living crisis.

Age UK messaged CEOs and Chairs directly last week to announce the launch of a new £5.3 million Cost of Living Response Fund to support partners to continue delivering much-needed services for older people during this difficult time. We are pleased to share the news that grants of up to £40,000 are available per local or national partner. Please read on for full details, including how your organisation can apply.

Many colleagues, both locally and nationally, have highlighted to Age UK and the Age England Association (AEA) the significant impact the cost of living crisis has been having on older people and your organisations. 

To help you make sure that older people receive the help and support they need at this time, this significant Cost of Living Response Fund will be targeted towards the delivery of services for older people most affected by the crisis.

Grants of up to £40,000 will be available per local or national partner (or up to £80,000 for one or more partners who work together) as long as your organisation’s proposal meets the grant criteria for the funding.

To demonstrate the impact of the funding, and to help our influencing work with Ministers nationally, we will collect some information from you to detail how you have used the support. We will try to make any reporting as minimal as possible to avoid adding lots of additional demands on your time.

How to apply for funding

The grant application form, guidance and budget documents can be found on the loop here:

Click here to start your application!

Please get in touch if you are having any trouble accessing this link – theloop@ageuk.org.uk.

The deadline for applications is Friday 20 January 2023.

We’ll start distributing the funding in February/March 2023 and it can be spent up until 31 March 2024, recognising that the impact of this crisis will be felt for months to come. More detail about the fund is available in the grant guidance document on the loop.