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Help us today - put an end to loneliness

It is estimated that over 1 million older people will spend Christmas alone.

Make a donation today: We will put every penny towards practical schemes and measures to help older people in need. When someone tells you they're so desperately lonely they don't feel that life is worth living, it's hard to know what to say.

Loneliness and isolation must be acted on. Your gift will make a difference to the lives of isolated and disadvantaged older people in the UK.

To make a donation to the work of Age Concern and Help the Aged enter the amount here:

If you are a UK tax-payer, Age Concern and Help the Aged (now working together as one charity) and its partner organisations* can reclaim the tax and make your gift nearly a third more, at no extra cost to you.

Gift Aid:

Yes, I want Age Concern and Help the Aged (now working together as one charity) and its partner organisations* to treat all donations I have made for the six years prior to this year, and all donations I make from the date of this declaration until I notify you otherwise, as gift aid donations. I confirm I pay an amount of income tax and/or capital gains tax at least equal to the tax that the charity will reclaim on my donations in the tax year. *Age Concern and Help the Aged in Scotland, Age Concern Cymru and Help the Aged in Wales & Age Concern Help the Aged NI

No, I am not a tax payer.

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