Age UK East London is a local independent charity working with older people mainly in the boroughs of Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets. For every £1 we raise, 82p is spent on working directly with older people in their homes, in the community and in hospitals. The remainder is spent on making sure we do it well and on supporting our staff and volunteers to provide a safe and friendly service!
Between April 2015 and Mar 2019, we were a strategic partner of the Connect Hackney programme. The project aimed to support older people in Hackney to co-produce and test and learn from different approaches to two of the programme’s key outcomes. This was firstly to embed a more positive view towards ageing and older people and secondly, to look at how to increase direct involvement of older people in shaping policy and holding key stakeholders to account.
How the project evolved, what we learned on the way and our key findings and recommendations for how to reach older people and keep them involved in their community is outlined in our report ‘Building Older Peoples Influence in Hackney : Understanding influence, recognising leadership and sharing best practice.’
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Have your voice heard by taking part at our Older People Reference Groups.
If you feel alone we can find you a Befriender who will come to visit you at home.
Our home from hospital service can help if you've recently been in hospital and need some help settling back at home.
Need a bit of help with your finances? We have advice to help
Read expert advice on how to get the care and support you need
Kick off 2018 by changing your life for the better
Do you want to meet other older people in your community?
Would you like to learn more aboout how to use the internet, computers or smartphones?
Would you like to raise funds for us? Find out how you can do it!
Our quality marks
Age UK East London has achieved the Age UK Charity Quality Standard (CQS). The CQS is externally assessed by quality assessment experts, SGS.
Age UK East London has been awarded the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM) from the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi).
Age UK East London has acvhieved the Information and Advice Quality Mark (IAQP) and the Advice Quality Advice.