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Government should do more to get ‘marginalised’ older people online
Age UK has said the number of old people who feel isolated would be reduced if more of them were online.
The charity cited a study showing that older people who know how to use the internet are nearly three times less likely to say they are lonely than those who do not.
Despite this, figures from the ONS released this month show that almost three quarters of women aged 75 and over – two million people – have never been online.
Can setting up a charity help families deal with loss?
It helped us get through 10 years – it made us stronger”
Steve Williams said it had been heartwarming to see people getting involved with the Georgia Williams TrustSome go on to become major charities – the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, established after the racially aggravated murder of the teenager, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Others flourish briefly and then fold.
But how does setting up a charity or trust help the families at the heart of the tragedy?
The Williams family, from Wellington, Shropshire, lost their teenage daughter in May.
The body of the 17-year-old was found off the Nant-y-Garth pass, near Wrexham, days after she had gone missing from home.
Have you had to take away the car keys of a relative with failing eyesight?
When did you last have an eye test?
When did you last have your eyes tests? Picture: Denise Bradley
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
8:11 AM
Drivers are ducking eye tests with some who need glasses at the wheel often declining to use them, says a survey.
As many as 26pc of drivers have not had an eye test in the last two years, the poll by road safety charity Brake showed.
