What planet are Age UK on....

AS I have said on another thread I was an employee of Age Concern (which has now amalgamated with Help the Aged to become Age UK).

I worked (Paid, not volunteer) as a carer in a Day center, In my experience Age Concern could not organise a P U in a brewery, they wasted so much money.

I volunteer for Age UK. Volunteers do not run their website! It is done professionally, Volunteers advice & help customers or the elderly with many things. They also help run shops by sorting goods and selling them.

I've been on many worse sites myself, Sainsburys is one of them! They sent me an order with zero goods all because the site is poorly made, I even had to ring up to cancel a delivery that cost £0.00...Please understand how websites get maintained before certain comments.

I had the same problem when I volunteered as a dog walker/helper with the RSPCA. I eventually got a letter to say they're reorganising their volunteer lists to make more efficient use of their volunteers and they would be in touch - that was about three months ago and there hasn't been a squeak from them since.

Aren't Age UK supposed to be involved with GN nowadays? In the sense that they peruse it as a forum for issues affecting older people. Not that I've seen any evidence of it so far. I'm just wondering how that partnership actually works, particularly since one hopes they'll be reading a thread which must be of interest to them directly. Or not...

Anya, really good advice . Do you have any more ideas? I am not organised and have trouble getting moving these days.

A friend of mine said that after you see the building they have in London you would be amazed and have second thoughts.

....sorry, but the 'k' is next to the 'l'....

Somewhere Gaken? you mean you've mislaid your boat hook and your spinnaker pole - how very careless of you

Galen
The three C's
Love it!

Anyway, the river cruise boats are just posh barges!
( not that I'd go on one, prefer the sea )

downto
Agreed but I do have a boat hook and a spinnaker pole somewhere

I was a paid employee of Age Concern for 6 years, employed as a carer in our local day centre. Having previously been in manufacturing, I was stunned at the money they wasted and how poor their management was, it would never be accepted in the private sector.
I would like to think that it has improved since the merger with Age UK, but I suspect not.

Age UK could benefit from your pearls of wisdom galen

but you dont travel on barges Galen you go on cruises

Which set though?
I bought another string ( baroque ones ) on the last cruise! think I'm addicted to pearls.
Seriously, I wouldn't touch Age UK with a barge pole

Galen could wear her pearls,and would look stunning in the photo shoots

Great idea Anya (although she may not want to!)

That counts as three Jalima - they don't have to be big things, in fact it's often the little things that mount up and cause problems.

Think Galen should take over the leadership of AgeUK!!!

It is a standard letter that has just been sent out to you without a hint of common sense, age UK will now put you on their begging list ans start asking you for money. Disgraceful of them.

Even now when I'm retired I write myself a memo every morning of 3 things I have to do, three I should do and three I might get round to doing if I can.

Actually I think that is a brilliant idea! I used to have a Bring Forward file at work and was going to start one when I retired, but I just ended up procrastinating bringing far too much stuff forward
As I went into town this morning and completed three (small) things I had to do does that count as three - or does the visit into town only count as one?

Nice work if you can get it ?

Hmm! I am wondering what to do when I retire next year? ( age72)
Age UK seem to be a no no!
My problem is that my mobility is very poor so I can't do home visits etc.
Suppose I could volunteer to give advice DLA/AA/PIP/ESA but tbh after having worked with these benefits for 39 years I think I'll never want to see another claim form!
Think I'll just concentrate on crochet, cruises and champagne!

I did get to volunteer for Age uk for around 18months,in one of their new ventures,a charity shop,with a drop in information and advice centre in situ,the idea the shop funded the drop in,and the aim was to support the people of west Norfolk.There where several hardworking paid managers who where dedicated to their work in changing laws and challenging policies,but it was run by an inept board of trustees,who opposed anything that was to try and make things work more efficiently,I left as my expenses where becoming costly for petrol and parking,sometimes over £200 a month,it is alot of outlay for a volunteer

Allegedly

Correct me if I'm wrong, but my research seems to indicate that Tom Wright, the Director of AgeUK earns about £190,000 which is more than David Cameron, which was about £150,000 if Google was accurate.