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AGE CONCERN

Older people face discrimination in employment, in health care, and as consumers. Successive Government's have legislated against discrimination by gender, religion, race and disability, but have not done so for age.

 

CAMPAIGN AGAINST AGE DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT

CAADE was the first dedicated Campaign in the UK set up primarily to fight for legislation to comprehensively ban age discrimination in employment.

CAADE started as a national campaign in mid 1988 with a participating membership spread to every corner of the UK and beyond.

 

CAREERS PARTNERSHIP (UK)

Careers Partnership (UK) works with you one to one, providing in-depth careers counselling and jobsearch support for the middle and later stages of your career.

 

EMPLOYERS FORUM ON AGE

EFA is a network of employers confronting age discrimination in the workplace. Launched in May 1996, EFA is the leading authority on age and employment. The Employers Forum on Age is a network created by employers for employers. It is the first ever employer-led initiative that confronts the changes needed to achieve the business benefit of a mixed-age workforce.

 

MATURE TIMES

Mature Times is a publication for the over 50s and is a unique, free, campaigning, monthly newspaper with a circulation of over 110,000 across a range of national outlets. It has been in existence for over 14 years and was relaunched under the current ownership in September 2004. It now has an estimated readership of over 275,000 for the newspaper, a very active website and an increasing number of subscriptions to its eNewsletter; launched in January 2005.

 

NESTA - Age Unlimited Scotland

NESTA ( the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, the UK's innovation agency) has just launched a new programme in Scotland called ‘Age Unlimited'.

They are looking for people in their 50s and 60s in Scotland to come forward with new ideas that could be turned into live community projects which would improve the lives of older people ( people in their 70s, 80s and above).

They will give the best ideas support and funding to get them off the ground. More information about the Age Unlimited programme can be found on their website.

The call for applications closes on February 14th 2010

 

Penny Warren Recruitment

Offers recruitment solutions and career opportunities specialising in areas encompassing biotechnology, medical diagnostics, healthcare, pharmaceutical research and many more

 

 

THIRD AGE EMPLOYMENT NETWORK

The Third Age Employment Network (TAEN) is committed to better opportunities for mature people to continue to learn, work and earn.

 

TAEN

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