Introduction from our CEO
Every day, my colleagues and I hear from people in later life who are struggling financially. While they are resourceful, careful and resilient, and employ many tactics to make their low income work for them, life is hard.
The older people we engage with – through our services, grant-giving, campaigning, research and volunteering – tell us about their increasingly unaffordable high rents, the anxiety they feel when they receive their utility bills, worries about how they will pay for healthy food and their uncertainties about how they will survive living on a low income.
We believe no one should face financial hardship in later life, and we are committed to improving the lives of older people struggling to make ends meet.
There has never been a greater need for Independent Age’s work. More than two million older people are already in poverty, and millions more live their lives on the brink with precarious finances. We help them gain access to the financial benefits that are rightfully theirs and avoid the extra costs that people in poverty pay for essential products and services, enabling them to have greater choice and independence in wider areas of life.
I hope you are as concerned as I am about the growing impact of poverty in later life on our society, and energised by the opportunities for Independent Age to make a positive difference in the lives of older people most in need.
We are currently searching for a new Director of Services with the required experience and energy to drive us forward through our next phase of growth and development. We are aiming to find an ambitious, visionary leader who has a real passion for our cause and will be highly motivated by the opportunity to help Independent Age maximise its impact.
With your strong strategic and operational leadership skills, along with your ambassadorial approach to partnership-building, evidence-based methodology and effective communication with external stakeholders, we can make an even more meaningful difference in the lives of older people facing financial hardship.
We would be delighted if you considered applying to join our inspiring and dedicated team.
Joanna Elson, CBE