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Age UK
Age UK is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 25 February 2009 and launched on 1 April 2009, as a merging of Age Concern England and Help the Aged.
Despite the national merger, many local Age Concern charities decided not to become brand partners of Age UK and continued as independent and completely separate Age Concerns and remain so to this day.
The charity operated as "Age Concern England and Help the Aged" until the new brand launch on 19 April 2010. The brand also includes separate but interdependent charities for the UK regions: Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI, and an international charity, Age International.
The merger was the largest among charities in the UK since that of the Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research in 2002 to form Cancer Research UK.
Age UK also has a commercial arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited) operating under the brand name Age Co. It sells products and services designed for later life with its profits given back to the charity. The current range includes insurance, legal services, funeral plans, personal alarms, bathing solutions, stairlifts and homelifts.[citation needed]
Age UK was formed in 2009 from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern England, creating an organisation with a combined income of around £160 million, including £47 million a year raised through fundraising, and over 520 charity shops, and income raised through its commercial services arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited)
The merger was first confirmed in September, when Dianne Jeffrey was confirmed as the new chair of trustees.
Tom Wright CBE, previously chief executive of VisitBritain and Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, was appointed Chief Executive of the new charity in November 2008. Tom Wright resigned in June 2017 to become the new Chief Executive of Guide Dogs.
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Age UK
Age UK is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 25 February 2009 and launched on 1 April 2009, as a merging of Age Concern England and Help the Aged.
Despite the national merger, many local Age Concern charities decided not to become brand partners of Age UK and continued as independent and completely separate Age Concerns and remain so to this day.
The charity operated as "Age Concern England and Help the Aged" until the new brand launch on 19 April 2010. The brand also includes separate but interdependent charities for the UK regions: Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI, and an international charity, Age International.
The merger was the largest among charities in the UK since that of the Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research in 2002 to form Cancer Research UK.
Age UK also has a commercial arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited) operating under the brand name Age Co. It sells products and services designed for later life with its profits given back to the charity. The current range includes insurance, legal services, funeral plans, personal alarms, bathing solutions, stairlifts and homelifts.[citation needed]
Age UK was formed in 2009 from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern England, creating an organisation with a combined income of around £160 million, including £47 million a year raised through fundraising, and over 520 charity shops, and income raised through its commercial services arm, AgeCo Limited (formerly Age UK Enterprises Limited)
The merger was first confirmed in September, when Dianne Jeffrey was confirmed as the new chair of trustees.
Tom Wright CBE, previously chief executive of VisitBritain and Trustee of the Imperial War Museum, was appointed Chief Executive of the new charity in November 2008. Tom Wright resigned in June 2017 to become the new Chief Executive of Guide Dogs.