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Our Mission and Values

AGE UK NORTH CRAVEN

Age UK North Craven (AUKNC) is a Settle based, local independent charitable company limited by guarantee, which was formed in 1987. It has a Board of Trustees, 12 staff members and over 200 volunteers.  It is a brand partner of the charity Age UK, and benefits from Age UK’s branding, and infrastructure resources.

Our aim is:-

To make later life in North Craven a fulfilling and enjoyable experience, reducing isolation, loneliness and poverty. Offering the right support at the right time for those that need us. Changing how we age to ensure: -

  • That North Craven develops as a place that is age friendly,
  • That people in later life feel comfortable, safe, and secure.
  • That people can access all the support they need to manage their daily lives and continue to live independently.
  • That people in later life can participate within their local community as they want to.
  • That our volunteering opportunities and support are of the highest quality, age friendly and inclusive.
  • That we are strong advocates for and supporters of everyone in later life and their carers.
  • That we remain financially robust, and in control of our own destiny.
We have the following core values to help guide our planning:
  • We will always act with understanding, sensitivity and respect in all of our work
  • We value our communities
  • We will always respect confidentiality, equality of opportunity and display a full and active commitment to user involvement
  • We will help older people to achieve their objectives, developing our support by responding to their hopes, need and aspirations
  • We recognise that the interests and needs of older people are complex and diverse. We work to influence the attitudes of others so that they recognise this and reflect this in their planning and delivery
  • We are entrepreneurial and creative in managing our charity and serving our communities
  • We work side by side with older people, changing our approach from “doing to”, to one of “working with” and valuing and respecting older people by putting them at the heart of all that we do.
  • Our services are dependent on the skills, energy and time provided by volunteers, serving their own communities.
  • We are only ever as strong as our people.
  • We seek to make our services as financially sustainable as possible.
  • We are efficient and respect the resources available to us.