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www.carmarthenshirepeoplefirst.co.uk
www.advocacywestwales.org.uk
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www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru/dyfed

"Age Cymru Dyfed is a local independent charity for older people. We operate throughout Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion & Pembrokeshire offering a range of services to the 50+ including: Information & Advice, Befriending, Advocacy, Digital Support, Veterans Support, Home Support."

www.hafal.org

"Hafal is a Welsh mental health charity supporting those affected by serious mental illness in Wales. Hafal helps people recover from serious mental illness"

www.asnew.org.uk

"Who are ASNEW? Supporting residents of North East Wales since 2000. The Flintshire Mental Health Advocacy Scheme (FMHAS) began in 2000 in a small office in Mold."

www.advocacyscheme.co.uk
carerfriendly.co.uk/about-ctsew
www.ageuk.org.uk/cymru
www.ageconnectsmorgannwg.org.uk

"Age Connects Morgannwg is a charity for older people living in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil."

www.ageconnectscardiff.org.uk

"Age Connects Cardiff and the Vale, is an independent registered charity and a company limited by guarantee. Our vision is to live in a society where older people are respected and enabled to meet their aspirations."

www.ndti.org.uk

"National Development Team for Inclusion - a social change organisation working to enable people at risk of exclusion, due to age or disability, to live the life they choose. Through our change and development work, research and evaluation and best practice examples, we inspire and support policymakers, services and communities to make change happen - change that leads to better lives."

Published: 9th December, 2021

Author: Dave Hall

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