Welcome to the Age Action Alliance:
Improving older people’s lives – together
The Age Action Alliance is an independent partnership of organisations which has adopted a new approach to the challenges of ageing, focused very clearly on finding practical solutions to improve the lives of older people.
Its work is informed and driven by older people themselves and the Alliance welcomes any ideas about how to improve this core aim.
The Alliance now has over 200 members, working to improve older people’s lives and create a shared vision of neighbourhoods where older people are secure, valued and able to make a contribution to their local communities and wider society.
What is the Alliance?
The Age Action Alliance is a partnership of organisations from civil society and the public and private sectors, which celebrates the lives of older people and their contribution to society. We work together and use our diverse skills to particularly improve the lives of the most disadvantaged older people and prevent deprivation in later life.
What is the Alliance setting out to achieve?
Our vision to improve older people’s lives will ensure that older people, today and tomorrow:
- Are visible, valued and heard.
- Can make informed choices about health and wellbeing.
- Live in safe, warm homes.
- Have a strong network of friends, family or support in our communities.
- Are able to access information and services they need – including those on the internet.
- Live in places where their needs are met.
How will the Alliance work?
Our work together will be based on the following commitments:
- Engaging older people to find out what is important to them, then acting on it.
- Working as partners on issues when it adds value, or when problems cannot be resolved by working in isolation.
- Building on what already works well.
- Supporting organisations to develop realistic and measurable goals, and showing the difference we are making to older people’s lives.