Our partners
Help the Aged believes that local organisations working overseas know best what must be done in their own countries to tackle poverty, isolation and neglect among older people.
HelpAge International
Our main partner is HelpAge International, a development agency and a network of older people’s associations, community-based organisations, NGOs, academic institutions and international agencies.
Help the Aged was involved in setting up HelpAge International in 1983. As a network, it has more than 70 affiliates in 50 countries. As a development agency, it supports more than 300 local organisations around the world, focusing on development and emergency relief programmes.
HelpAge International is the only global network of not-for-profit organisations with a mission to improve the lives of disadvantaged older people.
It works by:
- supporting practical programmes;
- giving a voice to older people; and
- influencing policy at a local, national and international level.
Help the Aged provides financial support to HelpAge International. Visit What we do to see how this money helps older people around the world.
South East European Network (SEEN)
Political and economic changes since the breakdown of the Soviet bloc have caused social problems throughout Eastern Europe.
Help the Aged is working to improve conditions for older people through a network of partners in Bosnia & Herzegovina, Serbia and Albania.
We support older people's groups and networks, providing resources, training and access to research that empowers older people to lobby for improved conditions.
This work has real outcomes. Partner organisations in Serbia and Bosnia have been driving forward the idea of non-contributory state pensions, and recently the Serbian government announced that it was going to set aside money for a social pension fund.
