Age UK

It's almost Silver Sunday! 🎉 Silver Sunday is a chance for older people to experience something new and a chance for us all to come together to celebrate later life. From swimming to fashion art classes, and from outdoor adventures to cosy film clubs, there’s so many different things for older people to try. If you have an older loved one, why not tell them about #SilverSundayUK and see what they could discover this October? 👉 https://bit.ly/3XU93a2

With the falling leaves and wet weather during the autumn months, the risk of falling increases. This #FallsPreventionWeek, it's worth having a think about how you help older people around you reduce their risk. Our webpage is full of useful information for you to share with the older people you support. Find it here: https://bit.ly/4e0vb8a

We're conducting our 2024 round of research about older people's health and care experiences. We want to hear from older people and from friends and family who want to share their loved ones experiences on their behalf 📝 Take part now: https://bit.ly/3Z8eCCP

Older people's policy is now a mess. The removal of the Winter Fuel Payment for older people on very low incomes is a looming catastrophe. Read how the Government can prevent the car crash we're heading towards from our Charity Director, Caroline Abrahams 👉 https://bit.ly/3TxmABy

We’re #hiring a new Corporate Partnerships Manager in London, England. Apply today or share this post with your network.

We're excited to announce Age UK’s partnership with The BlackRock Foundation, funding a Benefits Entitlement Checks Programme with £1 million over the next two years. This will help us support the hardest hit older people in accessing unclaimed benefits. Hear more from our Chief Executive, Paul Farmer, below.

Do you know someone who could help us stand up and speak for all those who have reached later life, and also protect the long-term interests of future generations? We're looking for someone to be our Chair of Age International and a Trustee of Age UK. This unique dual role offers the opportunity to lead both Age International and Age UK in improving the lives of older people around the world, as they work together to achieve our shared vision of a world where every older person is included and valued. Apply today: https://bit.ly/470KlaZ #Trustee #Volunteering

Over half a million people signed our petition. Your signatures have helped this campaign get noticed – it’s led to media coverage, been mentioned in parliament, and shown MPs how many people in their constituency care, making many of them act. Today, Government won the vote to continue plans to cut the Winter Fuel Payment. Like hundreds of thousands of our supporters, we’re disappointed about this decision. But we won’t let this vote stop us from fighting for people like Lalita and Derek who need support this winter. Help us to get even more signatures on our petition by sharing it with your network: https://bit.ly/3WKe7xd

Over half a million people have joined us in fighting for the Winter Fuel Payment for struggling pensioners. Cutting the Winter Fuel Payment for anyone not on means-tested benefits, with no notice and no compensatory measures to protect poor and vulnerable pensioners, is the wrong policy choice, and one that will potentially jeopardise the health as well as the finances of millions of older people this winter – the last thing either they or the #NHS needs. Thank you to everyone who has signed so far. Please share this post with your family and friends so that we can show the Government how important this issue is 👉 https://bit.ly/3WKe7xd

We opened the doors to our #Leicester Superstore on Friday 🎉 See why it was such an important day from our Chief Executive, Paul Farmer 👇