About us
We are a local independent charity, established in 1965, who have been supporting older people in Camden for more than 50 years.
We have grown to become one of the largest Age UK charities in London, helping over 15,000 older people each year through a range of services. There are currently over 30,000 people over 65 years living in Camden. Our role is to help those over 55 stay active, connected, independent and to empower them in later life. Some of our services are now open to those aged 18 years and above.
Our Values
We feel it is important as a community-based charity that our work is guided by a set of core values. Our values are important to us and are represented in everything we do. Our values are: Kindness, Courage, Hope and Justice.
With a team of over 50 dedicated staff as well as over 250 volunteers we support more than 50% of those over 65 living in Camden to access a broad variety of services and support. These include Information and Advice, Counselling, Dementia Care, Befriending, Digital Inclusion and Day Care Centres.
In addition our subsidiary organisation Age UK City of London – further expands our reach and support to older people.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Statement
Age UK Camden is committed to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and to eliminating unlawful discrimination.
The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our clients/members and for each employee to feel respected and be able to give their best.
In provision of our services and facilities we are also committed to eliminating any unlawful discrimination of our clients/members and the public.
We recognise that every person is an individual with different needs, preferences and abilities. We are committed to ensuring that this is reflected in everything we do, including providing inclusive services that are accessible to people from all sections of the community and attracting, retaining and developing a diverse workforce.
We recognise that diversity and inclusion within our organisation is a strength and we believe that sharing different life experiences and the skills that these bring will continue to make AUC an effective organisation, better equipped to deliver services to our diverse client community and be a good place to work. We value the individual and work with individuals to ensure that they are recognised in ways in which they wish to be, including the relevant language in which they identify themselves, in order to fully reflect the diversity of our employees and clients.
We are committed to:
Providing equality, fairness and respect for all in our employment, whether temporary, part-time or full-time or as volunteers.
Ruling out unlawful discrimination based on the Protected Characteristics set out in the Equality Act 2010 – age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and parenthood legislation including maternity, paternity, adoption and surrogacy, race (including colour, nationality and ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.
Opposing and avoid all forms of unlawful discrimination. This includes in pay and benefits, terms and conditions of employment, dealing with grievances and disciplinaries, dismissal, redundancy, leave for parents, requests for flexible working, and selection for employment, promotion, training or other developmental opportunities.
Ensuring that breaches of this policy in terms of a failure to maintain the expected standards of behaviour detailed in this policy, the Code of Conduct and other related policies are dealt with promptly, fairly and may result in disciplinary action.