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Removed
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This charity was removed from the register on 13 Oct 2020
- Charity no. 103392
- Date registered. 06/06/2016
Public benefits
Our mission is to be a strong unified voice for older people in Northern Ireland. Our vision is a society where older people's voices are heard, respected and acted upon. To engage with older people, allowing them to make their voice heard To enable older people to advocate on their own behalf To empower older people so they can change their lives
for the better
What your organisation does
Age Sector Platform represents a strong unified voice for older people in Northern Ireland. It is the charity responsible for the Northern Ireland Pensioners Parliament. Age Sector Platform has a membership of individuals and older people’s groups across Northern Ireland, representing approximately 200,000 people. Planning campaigns, raising
awareness of particular issues and lobbying to ensure that the issues of importance to older people in Northern Ireland are being addressed. Our current priority areas are: Making ends meet (energy prices, food Prices, income) Health and social care (Impact of Transforming Your Care) Fear of crime (Feel Safe project) Pensions and benefits Active Ageing Strategy Age discrimination legislation (goods, facilities and services)
The charity’s classifications
- The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Who the charity helps
- Men
- Older people
- Women
How the charity works
- Advice/advocacy/information
- Education/training
- Relief of poverty
- Research/evaluation
Charitable purposes
The Charity’s objects (“Objects”) are specifically restricted to the following:- To promote for the public benefit the care, welfare, interest and advancement of older people and their independence and social inclusion in Northern Ireland (the “area of benefit”) by any or all of the following means: (a) the prevention or relief of poverty; (b) the advancement of education and the raising of awareness of older people’s rights and entitlements; (c) the advancement of health; (d) the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage; (e) the advancement of community development by supporting, assisting and helping to develop the work of community and voluntary groups and organisations which seek to improve the quality of life of older people in the area of benefit; (f) the promotion of equality and diversity and in particular the elimination of discrimination on the grounds of age by public advocacy and other means of communication ; (g) to develop the capacity of older people to enable them to participate in decisions about their future; (h) to advocate on behalf of, and facilitate self-advocacy and self-representation amongst, older people.