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Age UK

Age UK aims to create a world where older people can live their lives free from poverty, isolation and neglect.

About Age UK


Tags: Poverty relief Elderly support Social Welfare & Support Advocacy, awareness & campaigning

Age UK’s vision is a world where everyone can love later life. We know it won’t be easy getting there, but we believe it’s how things should be. With your help, we work every day to make it happen.

Our focus, more than ever, is on the older people who need us the most.

Too many older people are living in poverty or just above the poverty line. Too many find themselves without the care and support they desperately need. Too many have no one to turn to.

We are national
In the UK we help millions of people every year, providing support, companionship and advice. We are a strong voice, campaigning with and for older people to champion their rights, needs and wishes.

We are local
The Age UK network is a partnership of independent charities which includes our national partners, over 120 local Age UKs, and hundreds of smaller organisations called Age UK Friends and Forums.

We are international
Our international subsidiary charity, Age International, works in over 30 developing countries. Age International is a member of the HelpAge global network and the Disasters Emergency Committee.

Your Impact

In 2021, Age UK supported 180,573 telephone friendship calls to lonely and isolated older people.

£10

Could help answer two calls to the Age UK Advice Line from some of the most vulnerable older people.

£20

Could help campaign for change at the heart of government to ensure older people's calls for help are answered.

£50

Could help make telephone friendship calls to the loneliest older people when they have no one else to turn to.