AGE CONCERN LANCASHIRE
- 4, ASHTREES WAY
LA5 9JX CARNFORTH, LANCASHIRE
Phone: +44 (0) 1524 720232
Fax: +44 (0) 20 8906 0511
www.ageconcernlancs.org.uk
Short profile:
Age Concern Lancashire is an independent local charity so all our running costs have to be raised each year through appeals, grant applications, events and other fundraising ventures. Demand for our help increases year on year and we rely on the generosity and time given by our volunteers and the donations we receive to fund many of our vital services. This generosity helps to improve and support the quality of life for all older people throughout the county. Age Concern Lancashire can only survive if people keep giving donations. Although we get grants for some of our activities we have no regular guaranteed income. However much money you give, it will all be spent on services and activities for local people within Lancashire.
Detailed description:
We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK – so that we can be here for everyone in later life. The new organisation we created in April 2009 brings together almost 120 years of shared history of working with and for older people. In July 2000, organisations sharing the name Age Concern came together to work in a federation: a structure which reflected their independence and autonomy but also their interdependence.
Age Concern England, as the national federation member, worked alongside local Age Concerns and provided support and leadership in areas like campaigning and policy. In 2001, Help the Aged merged with Research into Ageing. The charity continued to build on its research and policy work, and in 2005 it took a new strategic direction, shifting its focus to disadvantaged older people. Help the Aged achieved great success with its campaigns: 27, 000 people pledged support for the campaign against elder abuse and the Just Equal Treatment campaign led to a government promise to end age discrimination. In 2006, Help the Aged launched Cows ‘n’ Things, an ethical gift range sold in support of the charity’s work overseas.
In 2007, it launched intune, a company specialising in financial products for the over-50s, and engage, a business network helping companies to become age-positive. On 1 April 2009, Age Concern England and Help the Aged joined together to create a new charity dedicated to improving later life for everyone. As of April 2010, we are now known as Age UK.
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