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Help the Aged

Logo: Help the Aged, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Former UK charity

Help the Aged was a United Kingdom based international charity founded in 1961 by Cecil Jackson-Cole and Hugh Faulkner to help disadvantaged older people who were affected by poverty, isolation and neglect. It merged with Age Concern in 2009 to form Age UK.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Help the Aged shop in 2008
Photo: Daniel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Help the Aged was a United Kingdom based international charity founded in 1961 by Cecil Jackson-Cole and Hugh Faulkner to help disadvantaged older people who were affected by poverty, isolation and neglect. It merged with Age Concern in 2009 to form Age UK.2

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Research into Ageing is a medical research trust that was the research arm of Help the Aged. It operates The Disconnected Mind, a research project that seeks to improve the lives of older people by unlocking the causes of age-related mental decline.

From Wikipedia’s article on Help the Aged, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

In May 2008, Help the Aged and Age Concern England announced plans for the two charities to merge. Following consultation, this was confirmed in September, when Dianne Jeffrey was confirmed as the new chair of trustees.

Tom Wright CBE, then chief executive of VisitBritain, was appointed Chief Executive of the new charity in November 2008. He is also a Trustee of the Imperial War Museum.

The merged charity – known initially as Age Concern and Help the Aged, but now branded Age UK – was formed on 1 April 2009.

From Wikipedia’s article on Help the Aged, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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