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| Company type | Charity |
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| Industry | charitable organizations |
| Headquarters | UK |
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Age Concern is the banner title used by several charitable organizations (NGOs) specifically concerned with the needs and interests of all older people (defined as those over the age of 50) based chiefly in the four countries of the United Kingdom.[1]
In addition to providing practical support to individuals, Age Concern campaigns on issues such as age discrimination and pensions, influence public opinion and government policy about older people.
Numerous Age Concern organisations have been established throughout the UK, working at national and local levels. At the national level, four Age Concern organisations[2] covered England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Local Age Concerns vary from small village groups to countywide organisations. In England, over 370 of the individual charities were members of a national federation.[3] Although each was a separately registered charity working under the Age Concern banner, the federation allowed members to collaborate at local, regional, and national levels, to share resources, expertise, and influence.
Similar organisations also exist in New Zealand, Spain, Ukraine, and elsewhere under similar banners.
There was a merger of Age Concern England and Help the Aged, and somewhat later Age UK took over the mantle of the national face of concern for the aged in the UK, and several local organisations have also adopted the new name, but many local organisations continued to operate as local Age Concerns. One of these was Age Concern Manchester,[4][5] and other examples are Age Concern Luton[6] and Age Concern Central Lancashire.[7]
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- ^ Staff. "National Age Concerns". Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Staff. "Age Concern Federation". Archived from the original on 1 November 2007. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Staff. "Age Concern Manchester". Archived from the original on 18 January 2016. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Silver Service is the newsletter of Age Concern Manchester.
- ^ Staff. "Age Concern Luton". Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Staff. "Age Concern Central Lancashire". Retrieved 14 November 2019.