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Author: Tony Watts

Older workers: we need less talk and more action

The need to retain and recruit the talents of older workers has never received so much coverage. But we need more than headlines and promises to fix the systemic issues preventing this from happening, argues Tim Whitaker of Wise Age.

March 24, 2023
100 employers sign up to “Age friendly” pledge

More than 100 leading organisations and businesses, as well as many smaller ones, have joined the Ageing Better Age-friendly Employer Pledge scheme within its first 100 days. 

March 24, 2023
Charities and older people unite to call for better representation across government-policy making

A group of over 70 charities and older people’s representative bodies has made a united call for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England.

March 22, 2023
Calling all innovators in personal mobility solutions for an ageing population

Up to £70,000 of funding is available for an inspirational, life-enhancing idea, prototype, or plan to reimagine how personal mobility options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population.

March 20, 2023
Research reveals enormous toll of cost of living crisis on older people’s mental health and wellbeing

Age UK has launched a new campaign called “Know What To Do” following research which reveals that, in January, 60% of older people were worried about being able to heat their homes when they wanted to, and 45% were worried about affording other essentials such as food.

March 20, 2023
Toolkit launched to help increase Pension Credit uptake

Independent Age has launched a toolkit sharing “Good practice examples and principles” aimed at helping boost Pension Credit take up at a local level.

March 17, 2023
Would being “a senior helping other seniors” get YOU back to work?

The Chancellor is hoping to tempt over 50s back to work. He’d do well to understand what conditions this group of workers require, says Sally Wilse of AAA members Seniors Helping Seniors.

March 16, 2023
Charities and housing providers respond to Budget

This was, we were told, a Budget aimed at achieving growth and getting older people back to work. Will it succeed? And, as well as what was IN the Budget, what was left out? The votes are in from AAA members Age UK, Independent Age, Anchor Housing and The Centre for Ageing Better.

March 16, 2023
Is work no longer working?

New research by the International Longevity Centre, the UK’s leading think tank on the impact of longevity on society, highlights deep-seated inequalities in the UK’s changing labour market and the critical condition of the current economy.

March 14, 2023
New scheme to help older workers in the West Midlands bounce back from redundancy

The Centre for Ageing Better is developing a new redundancy support service to help older workers aged between 50 and 64 find fulfilling employment.

March 14, 2023

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