We need a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing

Not everyone is having the retirement they had hoped for. Many people in later life face challenges, these could be worries about having enough money to live well, trouble accessing the right care and support, or experiencing ageist attitudes.

The national Age UK charity, Independent Age, Centre for Ageing Better and National Pensioners Convention have brought together over seventy organisations to call on the Government to create a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing (COPA). They would amplify and raise awareness of the issues that older people and our ageing society face, and then bring together government departments to resolve and deliver these issues, to benefit us all as we age.

If you would like to take part in this campaign, sign Age UK’s open letter(https://campaigns.ageuk.org.uk/page/141369/petition) to call on the Government to create this role.