Policy

Older people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities are not achieving equal access to:

• social services
• health care
• economic services.

Numbers of BME elders are increasing significantly:

By 2030, the minority elder population in the UK will have increased tenfold, from 175,000 to over 1.7 million. The greatest part of that increase will take place in the next 15 years.

The challenge to Government and to bodies like Age Concern is to

• better meet the diverse needs of this increasing population
• help minority ethnic organisations themselves to understand more about ageing, older people and the services available to them
• ensure the voices of ethnic elders are heard by key decision makers

Contact us

Lullyn Tavares
Administration & Projects Officer
Telephone:
020 8765 7467
Email:
Lullyn Tavares

Claire Ball
Ethnic Minorities Development & Policy Officer
Telephone:
020 8765 7718
Email:
Claire Ball