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Campaigning for older people
We want older people’s voices to be heard so they can influence and effect change. To achieve this, we highlight the issues that they tell us are important to them through campaigns and seek to influence decision makers to take action.
We work in partnership with older people and other organisations to ensure our activities have the maximum impact.
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Throughout 2022 we campaigned on numerous issues including: Local authority Older People’s Champions
Pensioner poverty
Campaign highlights
Check in, Cash out:
Know Your Rights:
Energy costs
Cost of living
Increasing older people’s awareness of social security entitlements, helping to tackle stigma, and highlighting the scale of pensioner poverty to decision makers.
Carers’ rights
Older People’s Champions:
Human rights of older people
Health and social care
Support for older people’s community groups are more able to influence change
Working with the Scottish Older People’s Assembly to call for every Scottish local authority to appoint a Councillor as an Older People’s Champion to ensure local decisionmaking meets older people’s needs.
State Pension triple lock have improved health and wellbeing are more included in society face fewer inequalities
Raising awareness of carers’ rights so all unpaid carers can access the support and benefits they are entitled to.
Older people:
