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  1. Spokespeople

    Abrahams – Charity Director Caroline oversees Age UK’s influencing work and positioning, covering policy and research, public affairs and campaigns, engagement with older people, media and PR and (charity) ... spokesperson. Before joining Age UK she worked in the voluntary sector, as a senior civil service and policy advisor, and for the Local Government Association. A former chair of the End Child Poverty campaign

  2. Warm and Well

    Fair Processing Notice (PDF 150 KB)  Consilium Data Protection Policy Wavehill Data Protection Consent Forms & IT Security Policy

  3. LGBT+ rights

    Most of the issues, advice and policies relating to later life apply to everyone equally, but there are some things that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT+) people differently – and some

  4. International Women's Day 2020

    background in ageing policy, having joined Age UK’s predecessor, Age Concern England as Financial Services Policy Adviser in 2006, and becoming Age UK’s Head of Public Policy in 2016. Jane has ... UK’s annual overview of how public policy is meeting the needs of older people, and the influencing of public policy around age – establishing policy positions around everything from finances

  5. Why the Government is wrong to change the pension credit rules

    a mixed age couple currently in receipt of pension credit whose claim is interrupted.  This policy change, therefore, has massive ramifications, yet the decision was made to ‘sneak’ it out – presumably ... for people who have reached pension age, who are by definition not of working age. In fact, this policy change has been something of an unexploded bomb, ticking away on the statute book since 2012 but

  6. Health decline and housing

    growth, ageing populations and climate change.' Unfortunately, in England there's currently no housing policy to address the poor housing affecting more than 2 million older households (55yrs+). Government ... grants and loans that transformed the lives of many disadvantaged older householders. What surprises policy makers is that most non-decent homes are owner occupied. Yet if we consider the data this is less

  7. General Election: Older people’s priorities

    videos widely soon. We have set out what we heard from older people and what this means for potential policies in a new report called ‘ A blueprint for improving the lives of older people ’. We hope ... desire to ‘keep the Triple Lock’ through the next Parliament: that is, the Government policy that means that each year, the state pension is guaranteed to increase by the greatest of the rise

  8. Campaign with us

    improve their lives. Our blueprint is a reflection of their hopes for the next Government and the policy solutions we believe will realise them. Our work in Parliament Find out how we work with politicians

  9. Our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

    resources by providing services that people do not want or need, or that are inappropriate. Within our policy and campaigning work Older people frequently experience discriminatory treatment. Age UK works hard ... conducting social and economic analysis, developing public policy proposals and shaping policy agendas in a wide range of areas. In developing all of our policy positions, we are committed to promoting equality

  10. Wellbeing research and resources

    know where and why people are not doing well to inform our work and gain an understanding of the policy and practical levers for improving older people's lives. In the same vein, local Age UKs need information ... later life? How are older people doing? Where and why is wellbeing low? What effect might various policy and practical levers have in improving wellbeing? There is a close link between how satisfied older

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