Organising
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This month’s guest blog is written by Lou Bailey of www.loubaileydesign.com
Making a New House Feel Like Home Moving house later in life is not like moving house at 25. It isn’t just boxes and van hire. For many of us, it means leaving…
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Silver Saturday Event 2026
We are delighted to be organising another free Silver Saturday event at St Mary and St John the Divine in Balham this October on Saturday 10th. It will take a…
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Living Well, Your Way
Do join us for the Right at Home event Living Well, Your Way, where we will join a host of other later life providers, all at St Mary’s Church, Putney…
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Ten tips for utilising an Ikea blue bag
If you’ve ever had a declutter, a house move, or a car boot sale in your life, chances are you’ve got at least one of those big blue Ikea bags tucked away somewhere. They’re one of the…
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Is it time to get some help?
There’s a moment many of us reach when the garden’s got away from us, the skirting boards haven’t seen a duster in months, or the ironing pile has quietly become a landmark. It’s easy to tell yourself you’ll catch up next…
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This month’s guest blog is written by Susan Gregory of Turners Oak about the emotional reality of moving in later life
If you’ve been thinking about a move in later life but find yourself putting it off or ‘feeling stuck’ you are far from alone. Indeed a Government Report suggested that 4 million older homeowners…
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How to find the type of property you want to live in as you age
When people start thinking seriously about where they want to live in later life, they often have a very clear picture in their mind. Single-storey living, ideally. A garden they can use and maintain easily. A…
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What to do with the things you cannot sell or give to a charity shop when decluttering
One of the things that surprises people when they declutter is discovering that some items can’t simply be passed on to a charity shop or sold online. Not because they aren’t useful or in…
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Top tips for organising your kitchen when you unpack in your new smaller kitchen
The kitchen is almost always the room that catches people out after a move. You’ve already done the hard work — you’ve sorted, decluttered and let go of a lot. So everything you’re bringing with you is there for a reason. Now the…
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Creating Safety When Wandering with Dementia
Over the course of living with dementia, 70% of individuals will go wandering and missing at least once. This is a scary statistic when you consider the higher risks associated with…
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I’m not against having possessions – but use them, or keep them with purpose
People often assume that because I do what I do – helping people downsize, declutter and let go – I must be against owning things. I’m really not. I love a beautiful piece of furniture.…
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Ditch the envelope
Do you open your post and put the letter back in the envelope? Or perhaps you open the envelope, glance at what’s inside, and put the whole lot down on…
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How to sell or give things away online
So you’ve done a declutter and you have a pile of things that you don’t want to just throw away. Perhaps they have some value, or perhaps you simply want to know they are going to a good home.…
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Why storing belongings at your parents’ house holds them back in later life
We hear it so often: ’Oh, that’s just my son’s stuff in the spare room’ or ’My daughter’s boxes are still in the loft from when she moved out.’ What starts as a temporary…
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Join us at Age UK Richmond
We would be delighted if you would join us at Age UK Richmond’s Peace of Mind day on 5th May 2026 from 0930 at the Twickenham Wellbeing Centre. Ashley will…
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Power of Attorney Day – 22nd April 2026
Carers UK have joined forces with Standard Life to launch the first ever UK-wide Power of Attorney Day taking place on Wednesday, 22nd April 2026. A power of attorney is a legal document that…
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We contributed to a Mail on Sunday article!
Ashley was delighted to be interviewed by Lucy Evans of the Daily Mail for her piece in the Mail on Sunday today (12th April 2026) – 10 Things To Do…
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Phone a friend
So you’ve decided to declutter either to make space at home for a renovation, or because you are moving house, or just because you know you have too much stuff and it…
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What to ask before choosing a wheelchair
This month’s guest blog is written by Jordan Davies from Wheelfreedom, who are experts in wheelchairs, mobility scooters, and many more mobility aids.
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Why your “pile to sell” is still clutter
So you’ve decluttered and you’ve got a pile of things to sell. The thing is, keeping a pile of things to sell still means you have a pile of clutter. …
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How to finally tackle your loft
Leaving things in the loft, just means you’ll forget what’s there and, to be honest, for most people the things that are in there are not things you want to…
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Overwhelmed by photos? You’re not alone.
We all have far more photos than we ever intended to keep. Between smartphones, WhatsApp images, screenshots, and old printed photos stored in boxes, it’s completely normal to feel overwhelmed…
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Sagacious
I do love a good word. And I love a new word (to me). I was delighted to discover the above word last year.
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I can do it myself!
There are many things we can do ourselves but dislike doing them, and many things we like but don’t have the time to do, and we are happy to outsource…
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Decluttering supports wellbeing in later life
For many people, organising and decluttering starts as a practical task – clearing space, tidying drawers, making the home easier to manage. But as we get older, the state of…
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Working through your memories
When decluttering, ‘memories’ are a category which clients often put off until the end of the process. This often means there isn’t time to deal with them before their house…
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What does the ‘mansion tax’ mean for you?
The budget last year didn’t exactly bring joy to the land, particularly to those with homes valued at over £2million, many of whom are based in London, as the officially…
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Decluttering your emails
This might seem like a big task, especially if you have never had a system in place, but here is a good way to start. This system assumes this is…
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Decluttering
The time of year when we all think about new year’s resolutions and often about decluttering. So our annual tradition is to remind you of our 30 day decluttering guide;…
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Oh dear – you have unwanted Christmas presents!
Here are some top tips to deal with unwanted Christmas presents: