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Age Concern Scotland

Causewayside House
160 Causewayside
Edinburgh
EH9 1PR

Tel - Scottish Helpline for Older People: 0845 125 9732
Tel - Office: 0845 833 0200
Web: www.ageconcernscotland.org.uk

Their principal aims of Age Concern Scotland are to ensure that older people in Scotland have:

  • Their rights upheld
  • Their needs addressed
  • Their voices heard
  • Choice and control over all aspects of their lives

They support a wide network of older people and older people's groups, which in turn provide local responsive services to older people in their own communities. In addition Age Concern Scotland offers a range of services directly itself which reflect its role as advocate, and the involvement of older people.

They provide information and publications to meet the needs of older people living in the community and to disseminate best practice for those working with older people, to publicise issues relevant to older people, and to inform them of their rights.

Age Concern Scotland also campaigns with older people for:

  • An adequate retirement income
  • Affordable, accessible and available transport
  • Improvement of older people's housing conditions
  • Better health and care services for older people
  • An end to age discrimination
  • An end to abuse and mistreatment of older people

Age Concern Scotland is led by older people; they have a democratic governance structure, which includes an Assembly of 50, elected from the membership, who have responsibility for discussing and determining policy issues relating to older people, and guiding the work of Age Concern Scotland.

At present, Age Concern Scotland has approximately 500 organisations, groups and individuals in membership. These include local older people's groups, Age Concern and Old People's Welfare groups, as well as national voluntary and professional groups. Age Concern Scotland, although independently constituted, works in partnership with its sister organisations, Age Concern England, Age Concern Cymru and Age Concern Northern Ireland.

Checked: 6 Feb 2009

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