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Age UK produces a montly research and policy e-newsletter aimed at professionals interested in ageing and people in later life. See the lastest items on equality and humans rights.
Agenda for Later Life report 2012, Policy priorities for active ageing - Chapter 2 Active citizens, equal citizens (PDF 1736KB)
Expert series: Delivering the Equality Duty (PDF 671KB)
Getting us out and about - older people's views on age equality and age-based concessions (PDF 162KB)
Ending Age Discrimination in Services and Public Functions (PDF 261KB)
Ageism in Britain 2006. Policy Unit Age Concern (PDF 93KB)
Rights for Real. Older People, Human Rights and the CEHR (PDF 291KB)
Find all equality and human-rights-related documents
Age discrimination is rife. The effects are damaging both to individuals and to society at large. We meet discrimination in healthcare, social care, and in the provision of many goods and services. Age discrimination in employment is still widespread, despite the introduction of Employment Equality (Age) Regulations in 2006.
The inclusion of age as a protected characteristic in the new Equality Act is a huge step forward. Age UK is working to challenge attitudes and practice, pressing the public and private sectors to work towards making fair access for our ageing population to employment and services a reality.
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