Mirfield man who was oldest hospice volunteer celebrates 100th birthday
The Examiner
A man who was once the oldest hospice volunteer in the country has celebrated his 100th birthday.
Digital Campaign of the Week: Cancer Research UK
Third Sector
The new campaign, called Cancer, We’re Coming to Get You, is designed to change the perception of the annual women-only fundraising event from a gathering of women in pink to an army of women who run, dance and sing “in cancer’s stupid face”.
Support booklet launched for bereaved grandparents
Nursing Times
Sands, the stillbirth and neonatal death charity, has launched a free support booklet for bereaved grandparents.
The Department of Health’s new website will put the users’ needs first
The Guardian
The digital team has been faced with challenges and still has work to do before the new website goes live at the end of April.
How to make a charity campaign video that will appeal to the public at large
The Guardian
Five ways to successfully raise brand awareness for your charity by making and promoting a video – and getting it to go viral.
Elderly in grip of ‘loneliness epidemic’
This Is Somerset
Older people are in the grip of a “loneliness epidemic”, spending 100 days a year without human contact, according to research published today.
Alzheimer’s blood test could give early diagnosis
BBC
British researchers have developed a test to detect Alzheimer’s disease in its earliest stages.
Care home staff to have compulsory training under government plans to protect elderly
The Telegraph
Care home staff will be forced to undergo compulsory training for the first time under government plans to protect the elderly from abuse and neglect, The Telegraph can disclose.
Retired urged to ‘face up to old age’
The Telegraph
The belief that people should be “young forever” means people approaching old age are failing to take appropriate steps, a former care services minister warns.
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