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Challenge 150

Five months in and members of the Challenge 150 team have already run 77 miles, baked 300 cupcakes and cookies and sung 150 songs.

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If you live in #MeltonMowbray or #Leicester and want to #volunteer sign up with us to visit a lonely older person http://t.co/QAp1SXAai9
RT @TheKingsFund: RB: Do we want CCGs accountable to their local area? If yes then we'll have to put up with geographical difference, postc…
Hate running? Create your own #challenge150 and get your bake on for older people in need instead http://t.co/i0OKf9cwpE
We need volunteers in #SouthShields and #Durham. Could you spare some time for a lonely older person? Sign up now http://t.co/XvWDt4DMwr
Our updated guide explains Council Tax Support and #Housing benefits. Make sure you are getting all your entitlements http://t.co/IxCzARYcYI
Daily Mirror: £5.5bn in benefits unclaimed by pensioners. Find out about entitlements for over-65s in our Wise Guide http://t.co/2HUyu6ntGJ
RT @Hanover_Housing: @IndependentAge Thought you’d like to see @Demos’s paper on sociable housing in later life. #Hanover50 debate http://…
If you enjoy chatting about #books & #films, why not #volunteer for our telephone discussion groups with older people http://t.co/BNWks1tYRb
RT @resfoundation: 1 in 5 retiring in 2013 below poverty line @pcollinson http://t.co/Prf79jJyd7 69% on low-mid incomes have no pension htt…
If you live in #Scotland could you #volunteer with a lonely older person in your local area? More info here http://t.co/QAp1SXAai9
@shirleyayres @juliaunwin #cclive13 Felt like mainly social workers but difficult to say. Good to see housing clearly on the agenda though.
Following our superheroes success, can you run a 10k for older people? Only 1 space left @TheBritish10k http://t.co/wXpE0qGXVa #challenge150
#CCLive13 'Our council has given social workers half day/ month to get up to date on research but no one can take it because of workloads'
#CCLive13 Interesting point on health/social care differences: most health research is quantitative; most soc. care research qualitative.
Lack of suitable housing emerging as key problem preventing better integration of housing and care at #CCLive13
Another good q at #CCLive13 about lack of services between hospital/home: sheltered housing providers not taking people with care package
Good q from floor at #CCLive13: is there risk that having reablement places in care homes leads to institutionalisation?
#Cclive13 @IainMacBeath : do still see care plans where the desired 'outcomes' are listed as 'x hours day care'
#Cclive13 @juliaunwin 'Nothing good about spending cuts but may help us focus on better, common outcomes rather than departmental ones'
#CCLive13 @juliaunwin: 'increasingly we see volunteers penalised thru eg benefit reduction for the great work they do'

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