'Let's Talk Money' campaign from Age UK
Age UK has recently re-launched its annual ‘Let’s Talk Money’ information campaign. This campaign for people aged 50 and over aims to provide information on a wide range of financial issues for older people including:
• Benefit entitlement and the things people may be missing out on
• Tips for shopping and finding the best deals
• Age UK products designed specifically for older people
• Financial planning for retirements
• Avoiding scams
• And more…..
Age UK provides a wide range of information booklets on these topics and more, and can also provide individual advice through its offices in Blackburn and Darwen.
You can also visit Age UK’s online benefit and tax calculators.
Supporting your views and needs
Part of Age UK Blackburn with Darwen’s mission is to support local older people to have their views heard and needs taken into account. We do this through a range of campaigning and influencing activities.
We spend much time working with other local organisations aiming to improve service provision and influencing decision making and service planning.
Recent examples of Age UK and Age Concern campaigns include:
- Campaigning for legislation on age discrimination
- Campaigning against malnutrition in hosptial
- Campaigning against the forthcoming rise in women's pension age
Age UK campaigns website
Influencing local policy
As well as campaigning on specific issues we also spend much of our time influencing local policy, practice, service planning, commissioning and delivery.
We are members of a wide range of partnerships, forums and networks, including the Local Strategic Partnership (LSP), Community Network and Adult Safeguarding Board.
Our role is to ensure older people's needs and views are always taken into account through this work we input into a number of planning processes.
We have had a significant role in developing the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, a key process for influencing service planning.
Joint Strategic Needs Assessment website
Get involved!
We are always keen to know what issues are important to local people. Email us or contact us using the details below to tell us what issues are important to you.
50+ Partnership
We co-ordinate the local 50+ Partnership, a sub group of the Blackburn with Darwen Local Strategic Partnership. The aim is to make sure older people's needs and views are represented at the highest local level.
The Partnership is responsible for implementing the Blackburn with Darwen Older People's Strategy and Action Plan.
A panel of 500 local older people act as a reference group for the 50+ Partnership, to ensure the partnership truly represents the views and needs of local older people.
50+ Partnership website
Join the Older People's Forum
We work closely with the Blackburn with Darwen Older People's Forum (OPF). The Forum has a membership of over 2000 members and campaigns to improve services for older people.
If you’re over 50 and live in Blackburn with Darwen, then join to have your voice heard.
Blackburn with Darwen OPF website