About Us

Age Concern began during World War II. In response to the large number of older evacuees, The National Council of Social Services set up the Old Peoples’ Welfare. The objectives of this committee were to "study the needs of old people and encourage and promote measures for their well being". By 1955 this committee had become the "National Old Peoples' Welfare Committee" and at a local level, Old Peoples' Welfare Committees were pioneering services such as meals on wheels, home help and day centres.

In 1970 the Council became independent from the National Council of Social Services and adopted the name "Age Concern". Age Concern England was formed in 1973 and since then the national network has expanded rapidly, made up of independent groups all working to improve the quality of life for older people.

Age Concern Halton was formed in 1991 and began with three members of staff. Since then considerable developments and expansions have enabled us to grow and mature and we currently employ 25 staff.

We are governed by a Board of Trustees who are volunteers and they work with staff members to develop our organisation and plan for the future.

We are an organisation that is dependent upon the help we receive from volunteers. Currently there are five volunteers per one member of staff, these volunteers enable us to carry out our many services offered to local older people.

We can make our own decisions about services and we do this by listening to the views of older people and trying to identify their real needs. Once the need has been identified then we can attempt to locate relevant resources to start and develop the service.