Help the Aged#Research into Ageing

{{Short description|Former UK charity}}

{{About||the successor charity|Age UK|the song|Help the Aged (song)|International non-governmental organization|HelpAge International}}

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Help the Aged was a United Kingdom based international charity founded in 1961 by Cecil Jackson-Cole and Hugh Faulkner{{cite news |last1=Kohler |first1=Mervyn |title=Obituary: Hugh Faulkner |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-hugh-faulkner-1260460.html |access-date=14 April 2020 |work=The Independent |date=May 9, 1997}} to help disadvantaged older people who were affected by poverty, isolation and neglect. It merged with Age Concern in 2009 to form Age UK.

File:Help the Aged shop in 2008.jpg

==Organisation==

Help the Aged had national offices in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. As of 2005 the Charity employed over 1,800 people and had an income of £75 million per year.

The Charity was an active campaigner on a number of issues affecting older people including:

• Elder Abuse[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/ElderAbuse/ Elder abuse]
• Poverty among older

• Health and Social Care[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/HealthAndSocialCare/ Health & Social Care]
• Neighbourhoods[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/Neighbourhoods/ Neighbourhoods]
• Pensions and Benefits[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/PensionsBenefits/ Pensions & Benefits]
• Isolation and loneliness

On 26 June 2008, and after years of campaigning by Help the Aged, the British Government announced new legislation aimed at making age discrimination[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/AgeDiscrimination/ Age Discrimination] illegal. Equalities Minister Harriet Harman unveiled the first draft of the Equalities Bill in Parliament to outlaw discrimination through the provision of goods and services on the basis of age.

Help the Aged also conducted a high-profile campaign on fuel poverty,[http://www.helptheaged.org.uk/en-gb/Campaigns/PensionsBenefits/FuelPoverty/ Fuel Poverty] which affects an estimated 3 million pensioners in the UK. A household is deemed to be in fuel poverty when more than 10% of its income is spent on heating the house to an adequate standard of warmth. Fuel poverty, caused by low income and non energy-efficient housing, is thought to be a main cause of excess winter deaths.