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  1. Age UK's position on the WASPI Campaign

    Campaign and their efforts to draw attention to the situation. Here you can see Age UK's statement on the WASPI campaign.

  2. Services

    From befriending and social activities to footcare, information and advice and our charity shops, Age UK delivers a number of services designed to help older people

  3. Professor Ian Deary interview on The Disconnected Mind

    health in later life. The project is funded by Age UK. About the project Losing our thinking skills is one of the greatest fears about ageing. We don’t know why it happens to some of us but not others ... and sensory functions are tested. Most also agree to the brain scans; these take another few hours on a separate day. ‘They also help from home. Before each clinic visit, they complete a large questionnaire

  4. Shining a spotlight on domestic abuse in older people

    survivors of domestic abuse. But this isn’t the case. Current data shows that one in twenty people aged 60-74 and one in thirty people aged 75 and over experienced domestic abuse in the past year, equivalent ... might find it difficult to speak out after years of abuse. Although we now have several years of data on older people and domestic abuse, we can’t compare this year’s data with that before 2024

  5. Lesley Manville on Mrs Harris Goes To Paris

    and what she loves most about getting older. Star of stage and screen Lesley Manville has never been one to shy away from playing strong, complex women. In an esteemed career spanning almost 50 years, Lesley ... – a woman navigating a life-changing cancer diagnosis alongside her on-screen husband, Liam Neeson. And while Lesley will be seen on TV screens in November, playing Princess Margaret in the fifth season

  6. Is a lengthy lockdown for older people on the way?

    thought of my friend when I saw the speculation about a possible lengthy lockdown for older people being on the cards, while other sections of the population are allowed to begin to make a gradual return to ... Ageist and deeply objectionable And yet proposing that everyone beyond a certain age puts their life on hold and hunkers down for many months or longer is, by definition, ageist and deeply objectionable

  7. Fundraise for Age UK in memory of your loved one

    There are other ways you can raise money for Age UK in memory of your loved one, for example by using JustGiving or Virgin Money Giving.

  8. Kitchen garden basics: tips on sowing, harvesting and planting

    the basics of kitchen gardening, we’ve looked at five nutritious vegetables and included tips on how you can grow them yourself at home. Spinach Packed full of antioxidants and vitamins A and K, spinach ... meaning your crop will be ready by autumn. While they often take pride of place at the dinner table on Christmas Day, Brussels sprouts are not exclusive to the festive season. Roast yours with pancetta

  9. New data on domestic abuse in older people

    in 2020, the Office for National Statistics agreed with us that there should be no upper age limit on who they asked about domestic abuse and started asking women and men of all ages whether they had been ... of good data on the domestic abuse of people aged 75 and older. At the beginning of this year’s 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, the ONS published the first data on victims of domestic

  10. Say no to ageism on International Day of Older Persons

    Negativity about ageing and older people is pervasive in our society. Our blog explores the impact of ageism on the human rights of older people.

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