To mark Volunteers Week this year, we want to share the stories of some of the fantastic volunteers who are part of the team at Age Concern Birmingham. Emma joined us recently after her own experience of isolation during the coronavirus outbreak made her realise that she wanted to help others who were feeling lonely and disconnected. Here is Emma’s story, in her own words. When I started volunteering at Age Concern I had been solo isolating for over 5 …

We are delighted to announce that one of our Trustees, Margaret Birkett, has launched a fundraiser to help us to continue to provide support to our most vulnerable older adults at this time of crisis and beyond. ‘Margaret’s Mission’ will enable people to contribute to the work we are doing to support people and will help us achieve two fundamental aims: • No older person should go a week without a friendly chat or a visit • No older person …

The latest issue of our Age Concern Birmingham newsletter, which contains information on the support and services that are available from us and others at this time has now been published and you can read this here: Age Concern Birmingham Emergency Newsletter Issue 4 Please do share this with anyone who will find it useful. Once again, we’d like to thank everyone who has offered their support If you are able to make a donation towards the work we are …

Team ACB are taking part in the #TwoPointSixChallenge! On Sunday 26th April, we’ll be carrying out activities based around the numbers 2.6 or 26 to raise funds for our work to support people during the coronavirus pandemic & beyond. If you want to join Team ACB, here’s what you need to do: 1. Pick an activity based on the numbers 2.6 or 26 2. Send pictures and videos of you taking part to our Facebook (@ageconcernbirminghamuk) or Twitter (@ACBirmingham1) account 3. Donate to us …

The latest issue of our Age Concern Birmingham newsletter, which contains information on the support and services that are available from us and others at this time has now been published and you can read this here: Age Concern Birmingham Emergency Newsletter Issue 3 Please do share this with anyone who will find it useful. Once again, we’d like to thank everyone who has offered their support and good wishes. If you are able to make a donation towards the …

The latest issue of our emergency newsletter has now been published with information and updates on the support and services that are available from us. You can read this here: Age Concern Emergency Newsletter Issue 2. Please do share this with anyone who will find it useful. Once again, we’d like to thank everyone who has offered their support and good wishes. If you are able to make a donation towards the work we are doing, please visit https://www.ageconcernbirmingham.org.uk/donate/

To keep people informed and updated during this worrying time, Age Concern Birmingham will be publishing a regular emergency newsletter to let you know about the support and services that are available from us. Please do share this with anyone who will find it useful. You can view a copy of the newsletter here:https://www.ageconcernbirmingham.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/ACB-Emergency-Newsletter-Issue-1-1.pdf Please note that our helpline (0121 362 3650) will be open over the bank holiday for those in need of support and advice. We’d like to …

With the challenge that the coronavirus pandemic is presenting to everybody, but in particular for older people, it is clear that protection against scams and fraud is now more important than ever. We have already seen evidence that ‘scammers’ have started to exploit the situation and so Age Concern Birmingham have developed a simple toolkit to share advice and guidance around fraud awareness. As part of this, we want to share some key messages around this, as follows: Spot It …