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Older woman with walking stick outside a housing estateOur work in the UK

Our mission and vision and our objectives for the work we do for older people in the UK and overseas.

About Age Concern and Help the Aged

On 1 April 2009, Age Concern England and Help the Aged joined together to create a new charity dedicated to improving the lives of older people. Operating under the name 'Age Concern and Help the Aged', we speak with one voice on behalf of all older people.

We work with partners to ensure that together we can improve the lives of older people. On 1 April 2009, the national Age Concerns in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also joined together with Help the Aged in those countries to create new charities just like ours. And we work closely with the 350 local Age Concerns across England, helping them provide high quality services for older people in the area where they live.

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Our vision

Our vision is of a world in which older people flourish.

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Our mission

Our mission is to improve the lives of older people.

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Our objectives

Age Concern and Help the Aged is a single organisation with one clear objective – to make a real difference to the lives of older people. By combining the unique strengths, skills and experience of our two great charities, we have created one united organisation that will be stronger and more influential than ever before.

We will improve the lives of older people by focusing on the following priorities:

  • developing excellent and sustainable services that enhance older people’s lives;
  • delivering transformational and sustainable change through our research, policy and influencing;
  • providing definitive products and services tailored specifically for older people but available to all;
  • maximising our reach through our retail estate and quality training services;
  • creating a single, powerful compelling brand by 2010;
  • becoming a world renowned organisation, reaching out to enhance the lives of older people globally;
  • creating an effective partnership with our national and regional networks.
 
 
We will soon be called Age UK
The new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged
 

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Age Concern and Help the Aged
207-221 Pentonville Road
London N1 9UZ
020 7278 1114
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Help the Aged Impact Report
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Help the Aged Annual Report and Accounts
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