About the Issue
A significant number of older people are among the most vulnerable and isolated people in society who experience a whole range of problems including loneliness, having no voice in important decisions that affect them, living in poverty, and age discrimination. Living alone can also lead to older people spending many hours each day totally on their own which can lead to ill health and depression
Projects
Here is the work that Comic Relief is currently supporting through the Older People programme. To find out more, please click on the organisation's name in the list below.
Age Concern Camden
Age Concern Preston and South Ribble
Age Concern Sutton Borough
Alzheimer's Society - Morpeth & District Branch
Carers Bucks
Help the Aged (Cardiff)
Hibiscus Association
Nubian Life Resource Centre Ltd.
West of Scotland Seniors Forum (Fomerly Strathclyde Elderly Forum)
Advocacy Alliance
Advocacy For Older People in Greenwich
Advocacy West Lancs Ltd
Afri-Caribbean People's Organisation (ACPO)
Age Concern Buckinghamshire
Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
Age Concern Ceredigion
Age Concern Cowplain
Age Concern Droitwich Spa and District
Age Concern in Cornwall and The Isles Of Scilly
Age Concern Gwent
Age Concern Hertfordshire
Age Concern Hillingdon
Age Concern North Yorkshire
Age Concern Sunderland
Age Concern Torbay
Age Concern Wigan Borough
Age Concern Woking
Al-Sabaiha Community Association (ACA)
Alzheimer's Concern Ealing
Alzheimer's Society
Alzheimer's Society - Bristol & South Glos Branch
Alzheimer's Society Monmouth Branch
Annan & District Day Centre Steering Group
Arts For All
Arts Together
Ashbourne Volunteer Bureau
Asian Advisory Service
Association of North East Widows (ANEW)
Atherstone Pensioners Convention
Attik Dance
Barnet Elderly Asians Group
BATIAS Independent Advocacy Service
Bath and Wansdyke Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Bedfordshire Advocacy Service for Older People (BASOP)
Bijoy Youth Group
Blackbird Leys Community Development Initiative
Borders Independent Advocacy Service
Bridgend & District Hearing Impaired Support Group
Canterbury Volunteer Centre
The Cara Trust
Care Network
Castle Douglas Day Centre for Older People
Castlemilk Time Bank
Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA)
Cobhair Bharraigh
Contact
Connect (Pitsmoor Befriending Scheme)
Conwy Crossroads
Counsel and Care
County Durham Society for the Blind & Partially Sighted
Cruse Bereavement Care - Bristol
The Cronies Social Club of Stevenson District
Dalbeattie Friendship Club
Deaf Connections
Dedridge Good Neighbour Network
Dizzy Self Help
Dyscover
East European Advice Centre
Elmton with Creswell T'ai Chi Group
EMC (Edward May Court) Residents Group
The Evergreens
Excel 2000
Ffynnongroyw Pensioners & Friends Association
Fife Elderly Forum Executive
Fit & Friendly (Hemsworth and District Community Initiatives)
Gaer Community Network
Gairloch Community Centre
Good Retirements
The Gorbalites
Gisburn Monday Club
The Grapevine Centre
Grassmoor Ladies Health Group
Greater Springburn Stroke Club
The G-Force Youth Club
Halstead Day Centre
Hambleton & Richmondshire Advocacy
Herefordshire People's Advocacy Network
HOPESOM (Hope for Somali UK)
Hoxton Health Group
Hurworth Grange Senior Citizens Club
Inspirational Ladies Group
Ilkley Council for Voluntary Service
Iomairt Nis / Ness Over 60 Project
Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service (JBCS)
Jigsaw Link (Bury)
Khush Amdid
Kubiir (Get Involved) Charity
Lee Fair Share
Lenton Care Link
Lewisham Day Centre For Asylum Seekers And Refugees
Liberty Life Foundation
Malton, Norton & District In-Touch Group
Manton Community Initiatives Ltd
Midlands Vietnamese Refugee Community Association
Midlothian Befriending Scheme
Mind In Brighton and Hove
Moving On Club
Moving On Club
Myanmar Burma Relief & Welfare Association
The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC)
Neighbourhood Voluntary Support Service (NVSS)
Newmachar Thursday Club
Newham Welfare Trust
North Shrewsbury Friendly Neighbours
Oke-Osisi Afrika Org
Older People's Action Group Biggleswade and District
Older People's Forum
Onside Independent Advocacy
Persian Senior Citizens Club
Phoenix Day Centre
POLARI
POLARI
Plymouth Communities Befriending Consortium (obo Honicknowle Comnet Befriending Service)
Radford Visiting Scheme
Ravenshead Day Centre
Rhuddlan District Crossroads
Scarborough and Ryedale Gay Community Network
Sevak Ladies Group
Seven Sisters Old Age Organisation
Social Contact Group
Southwark Churches Care
Spanish Portugese Speakers Over 50s Group (Formerly Parents Group)
St Cuthbert Club for the Disabled
St John's Church - Southover Community Care - Monday Club
Stay Young at Heart
SubCo Trust (formerly Subco Elders Day Centre)
Sundon Park Centre Trust
Tameside Elders Association
Third Age Project
Tolleshunt Knights Autumn Leaves Club
Wharfe Valley Community Project
West Bessacarr Senior Citizens
Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents
Willington Luncheon Club
Worksop and District Live at Home Scheme
UMARU (Angolan Women's Association)
Years Ahead
Yemeni Elders Agewell Group
Age Concern Cymru
Action on Elder Abuse
Age Concern Scotland Head Office
Help the Aged Northern Ireland o.b.o Action on Elder Abuse
Help the Aged Northern Ireland
Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Citizen's Advice Direct
Help the Aged Northern Ireland and the Alzheimer's Society
Help the Aged Northern Ireland o.b.o Carers N.I
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Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Asian Advisory Service
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Manton Community Initiatives Ltd
Amount: £4,462
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Ashbourne Volunteer Bureau
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Worksop and District Live at Home Scheme
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Grassmoor Ladies Health Group
Amount: £4,905
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Elmton with Creswell T'ai Chi Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Radford Visiting Scheme
Amount: £4,987
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Ravenshead Day Centre
Amount: £4,560
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Lenton Care Link
Amount: £4,840
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Dizzy Self Help
Amount: £3,622
Duration: 12 months
Region: East Midlands
Organisation name: Sevak Ladies Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Contact
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Care Network
Amount: £4,599
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Halstead Day Centre
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Excel 2000
Amount: £4,227
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: Tolleshunt Knights Autumn Leaves Club
Amount: £2,125
Duration: 12 months
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: The Evergreens
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: England
Organisation name: POLARI
Amount: £90,000
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Arts For All
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Westminster Advocacy Service for Senior Residents
Amount: £132,594
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Advocacy For Older People in Greenwich
Amount: £87,537
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Lee Fair Share
Amount: £4,860
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Centre for Armenian Information & Advice (CAIA)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Lewisham Day Centre For Asylum Seekers And Refugees
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Age Concern Camden
Amount: £95,748
Duration: 3 years
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Region: London
Organisation name: Alzheimer's Concern Ealing
Amount: £77,584
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: SubCo Trust (formerly Subco Elders Day Centre)
Amount: £87,414
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Hoxton Health Group
Amount: £4,896
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Persian Senior Citizens Club
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: UMARU (Angolan Women's Association)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: POLARI
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Social Contact Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Bijoy Youth Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Southwark Churches Care
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Third Age Project
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Spanish Portugese Speakers Over 50s Group (Formerly Parents Group)
Amount: £4,962
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Afri-Caribbean People's Organisation (ACPO)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Jewish Bereavement Counselling Service (JBCS)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Good Retirements
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Myanmar Burma Relief & Welfare Association
Amount: £4,960
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Kubiir (Get Involved) Charity
Amount: £4,250
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Age Concern Sutton Borough
Amount: £76,685
Duration: 3 years
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Region: London
Organisation name: Nubian Life Resource Centre Ltd.
Amount: £99,814
Duration: 3 years
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Region: London
Organisation name: The Cara Trust
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Oke-Osisi Afrika Org
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: East European Advice Centre
Amount: £4,924
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Liberty Life Foundation
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: HOPESOM (Hope for Somali UK)
Amount: £4,980
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Newham Welfare Trust
Amount: £4,917
Duration: 12 months
Region: London
Organisation name: Barnet Elderly Asians Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North East
Organisation name: County Durham Society for the Blind & Partially Sighted
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North East
Organisation name: Age Concern Sunderland
Amount: £99,558
Duration: 3 years
Region: North East
Organisation name: Association of North East Widows (ANEW)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North East
Organisation name: Hurworth Grange Senior Citizens Club
Amount: £3,807
Duration: 12 months
Region: North East
Organisation name: Alzheimer's Society - Morpeth & District Branch
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
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Region: North East
Organisation name: Willington Luncheon Club
Amount: £3,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Age Concern Preston and South Ribble
Amount: £93,638
Duration: 3 years
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Region: North West
Organisation name: Gisburn Monday Club
Amount: £1,730
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: The G-Force Youth Club
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Tameside Elders Association
Amount: £4,760
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Advocacy West Lancs Ltd
Amount: £22,318
Duration: 2 years
Region: North West
Organisation name: Age Concern Wigan Borough
Amount: £118,224
Duration: 3 years
Region: North West
Organisation name: Older People's Forum
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Years Ahead
Amount: £4,800
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Jigsaw Link (Bury)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: North West
Organisation name: Khush Amdid
Amount: £4,650
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Midlothian Befriending Scheme
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Greater Springburn Stroke Club
Amount: £3,092
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Dedridge Good Neighbour Network
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Iomairt Nis / Ness Over 60 Project
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: West of Scotland Seniors Forum (Fomerly Strathclyde Elderly Forum)
Amount: £78,210
Duration: 3 years
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Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Newmachar Thursday Club
Amount: £3,294
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Cobhair Bharraigh
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Deaf Connections
Amount: £88,158
Duration: 3 years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Annan & District Day Centre Steering Group
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Castlemilk Time Bank
Amount: £2,600
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: The Cronies Social Club of Stevenson District
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Dalbeattie Friendship Club
Amount: £1,800
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Gairloch Community Centre
Amount: £4,880
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: The Gorbalites
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: St Cuthbert Club for the Disabled
Amount: £5000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Castle Douglas Day Centre for Older People
Amount: £200
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Mind In Brighton and Hove
Amount: £58,891
Duration: 3 years
Region: South East
Organisation name: Age Concern Cowplain
Amount: £4,833
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Canterbury Volunteer Centre
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Older People's Action Group Biggleswade and District
Amount: £4,414
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Age Concern Woking
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Dyscover
Amount: £4,069
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Age Concern Buckinghamshire
Amount: £88,464
Duration: 3 years
Region: South East
Organisation name: Carers Bucks
Amount: £95,000
Duration: 3 years
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Region: South East
Organisation name: St John's Church - Southover Community Care - Monday Club
Amount: £1,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Sundon Park Centre Trust
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Bedfordshire Advocacy Service for Older People (BASOP)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South East
Organisation name: Blackbird Leys Community Development Initiative
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: EMC (Edward May Court) Residents Group
Amount: £3,700
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Age Concern in Cornwall and The Isles Of Scilly
Amount: £106,259
Duration: 3 years
Region: South West
Organisation name: Bath and Wansdyke Society for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Attik Dance
Amount: £4,920
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Neighbourhood Voluntary Support Service (NVSS)
Amount: 4,973
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Plymouth Communities Befriending Consortium (obo Honicknowle Comnet Befriending Service)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Alzheimer's Society - Bristol & South Glos Branch
Amount: £4,875
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Cruse Bereavement Care - Bristol
Amount: £4,800
Duration: 12 months
Region: South West
Organisation name: Arts Together
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Ffynnongroyw Pensioners & Friends Association
Amount: £2,736
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Age Concern Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan
Amount: £81,314
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Help the Aged (Cardiff)
Amount: £142,236
Duration: 3 years
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Region: Wales
Organisation name: Alzheimer's Society Monmouth Branch
Amount: £89,820
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Conwy Crossroads
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Bridgend & District Hearing Impaired Support Group
Amount: £2,753
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Seven Sisters Old Age Organisation
Amount: £1,886
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Gaer Community Network
Amount: £2,453
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Rhuddlan District Crossroads
Amount: £3,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Stay Young at Heart
Amount: £3,871
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Moving On Club
Amount: £4,300
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Onside Independent Advocacy
Amount: £77,355
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Age Concern Droitwich Spa and District
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Atherstone Pensioners Convention
Amount: £1,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Inspirational Ladies Group
Amount: £4,245
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Herefordshire People's Advocacy Network
Amount: £62,268
Duration: 3 years
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: The Grapevine Centre
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Midlands Vietnamese Refugee Community Association
Amount: £4,950
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Phoenix Day Centre
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: North Shrewsbury Friendly Neighbours
Amount: £3,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: West Midlands
Organisation name: Moving On Club
Amount: £4,800
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Fit & Friendly (Hemsworth and District Community Initiatives)
Amount: £1,652
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Malton, Norton & District In-Touch Group
Amount: £4,952
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Scarborough and Ryedale Gay Community Network
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Al-Sabaiha Community Association (ACA)
Amount: £4,992
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Age Concern North Yorkshire
Amount: £86,313
Duration: 3 years
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Hambleton & Richmondshire Advocacy
Amount: £55,302
Duration: 3 years
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Yemeni Elders Agewell Group
Amount: £3,630
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Ilkley Council for Voluntary Service
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Wharfe Valley Community Project
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: West Bessacarr Senior Citizens
Amount: £3,983
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Advocacy Alliance
Amount: £81,853
Duration: 3 years
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Connect (Pitsmoor Befriending Scheme)
Amount: £5,000
Duration: 12 months
Region: Yorkshire and Humberside
Organisation name: Hibiscus Association
Amount: £4,992
Duration: 12 months
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Region: UK
Organisation name: The National Council for Palliative Care (NCPC)
Amount: £144,515
Duration: 3 years
Region: UK
Organisation name: Alzheimer's Society
Amount: £129,854
Duration: 3 years
Region: London
Organisation name: Age Concern Hillingdon
Amount: £122,146
Duration: 3 years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Fife Elderly Forum Executive
Amount: £101,573
Duration: 3 years
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Region: England
Organisation name: Counsel and Care
Amount: £99,000
Duration: 2 years
Region: South East
Organisation name: Age Concern Hertfordshire
Amount: £98,984
Duration: 3 years
Region: Eastern
Organisation name: BATIAS Independent Advocacy Service
Amount: £91,133
Duration: 3 years
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Region: North Wales
Organisation name: Age Concern Ceredigion
Amount: £85,912
Duration: 3 years
Region: South Wales
Organisation name: Age Concern Gwent
Amount: £80,800
Duration: 3 years
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Region: South West
Organisation name: Age Concern Torbay
Amount: £78,281
Duration: 3 years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Borders Independent Advocacy Service
Amount: £53,220
Duration: 3 years
Region: Wales
Organisation name: Age Concern Cymru
Amount: £250,000
Duration: 2 Years
Region: England
Organisation name: Action on Elder Abuse
Amount: £250,000
Duration: 2 Years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Age Concern Scotland Head Office
Amount: £41,585
Duration: 2 Years
Region: Northern Ireland
Organisation name: Help the Aged Northern Ireland o.b.o Action on Elder Abuse
Amount: £61,000
Region: Northern Ireland
Organisation name: Help the Aged Northern Ireland
Amount: £64,106
Duration: 2 Years
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Scottish Independent Advocacy Alliance
Amount: £106,000
Region: Scotland
Organisation name: Citizen's Advice Direct
Amount: £107,314
Duration: 2 Years
Region: Northern Ireland
Organisation name: Help the Aged Northern Ireland and the Alzheimer's Society
Amount: £123,090
Region: Northern Ireland
Organisation name: Help the Aged Northern Ireland o.b.o Carers N.I
Amount: £24,458

