Speaking Up for Our Age
Celebrating 75 years of national and local older people’s groups and organisations in Scotland, 1943-2018
2018 is a special year for older people’s groups and organisations in Scotland. 75 years ago Age Scotland’s predecessor charity, the Scottish Old People’s Welfare Committee, was set up. In 1943 there were only three older people’s welfare committees in Scotland. These were in Dundee, Edinburgh and Peebles. The Scottish Old People’s Welfare Committee’s immediate aims were to investigate the position of older people in Scotland and raise awareness of their needs, and to support the development of local old people’s welfare committees around the country. In 2018 there are more than 1000 organisations in membership of Age Scotland alone, each providing friendship, activities or services for older people, or campaigning on behalf of older people. Many of these organisations have been set up by older people, and are run by older people.
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