Age Scotland
| Charity | |
| Founded | April 2009 |
| Headquarters | Scotland |
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Key people
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Brian Sloan |
| Website | www.agescotland.org.uk |
Age Scotland is a registered charity in Scotland, formed on 1 April 2009 by the merger of Help the Aged in Scotland and Age Concern Scotland.
Scotland’s largest charity for older people operated under its joint legacy brands as "Age Concern and Help the Aged in Scotland" until the new brand launched in April 2010 It also works interdependently with charities for the nations called Age Cymru, Age NI and Age UK.
The charity aims to act in partnership with others as the national older people’s charity for Scotland in promoting a better quality of life for the nation’s older people through:
Age Scotland was formed through the merger between Age Concern Scotland and Help the Aged in Scotland, creating an organisation with a combined income of over £3 million.
James Wright was appointed as the chair of the board of trustees in 2009. Prior to his appointment, he was a trustee of Age Concern Scotland and was a chair of Age Concern England. He has served on many public bodies, including health authorities, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council, and the Heritage Lottery Fund. He is currently a trustee of Age UK.
Age Scotland came into being as a result of the April 2010 merger of Age Concern Scotland and Help the Aged in Scotland, charities with a combined 90 years of independent operations in Scotland.
Age Concern Scotland developed out of several Older People’s Welfare Associations founded in 1944 during the Second World War.
Help the Aged in Scotland was established in 1986, when UK charity Help the Aged, founded in 1961, set up a permanent office with a staff in Edinburgh.
Both charities worked throughout Scotland to support a wide network of older people's groups and forums, which in turn provide local responsive services to older people in their own communities.
Age Concern Scotland offered a range of services directly, piloting innovative programmes and working with members and drawing on local needs, expertise, and volunteers as appropriate to develop locally based provision, while Help the Aged in Scotland was considered more as a campaigning and lobbying organisation.
The two charities collaborated on many pressing issues and count among their major successes the 2002 introduction of Free Personal and Nursing Care and the implementation of the Adult Support and Protection Act in 2007.
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