Age UK
www.ageuk.org.uk
It researches the needs of older people in the UK and overseas and campaign for changes in policy. It also provides community services and publishes information on finance, how to stay healthy as well as guidance on choosing a care home.

Action on Elder Abuse
www.elderabuse.org.uk
Action on Elder Abuse (AEA) works to protect, and prevent the abuse of, vulnerable older adults.  We were the first charity to address these problems and are the only charity in the UK and in Ireland working exclusively on the issue today.

Alzheimer Research UK

www.alzheimersresearchuk.org

Beth Johnson Foundation
www.bjf.org.uk
The Foundation was established by a Deed of Trust on the 2nd of August 1972 by Alfred Henry Johnson in memory of his wife Beth. From its earliest days the Trust has concentrated on innovative and developmental work that has the potential to develop, influence and challenge the role and status of Older People in Society.

Better Government for Older People - UK
www.bgop.org.uk
BGOP provides subscribers with impetus and practical support to bring about the changing public service agenda locally.

Centre for Policy on Ageing - UK
www.cpa.org.uk
The work of CPA is primarily directed towards informing and influencing service providers, the fundamental touchstone of its approach being to discover and advocate what older people themselves want and need.

CISBAN
www.cisban.ac.uk
CISBAN's aim is to advance understanding of the complex mechanisms underpinning the ageing process and of how these are affected by nutrition, through the field of research known as systems biology.

Demos
www.demos.co.uk
Demos is the think tank for 'everyday democracy'. Its aim is to put this idea into practice by working with organisations in ways that make them more effective and legitimate.

Economic and Social Research Institute
www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk
The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's leading research funding and training agency addressing economic and social concerns. We aim to provide high quality research on issues of importance to business, the public sector and government.

European Forum on Population Age Research
www.ageingresearch.group.shef.ac.uk
This was a three year project funded by the European Commission, under Key Action Six of the Framework Five Programme.

International Longevity Centre - UK
www.ilcuk.org.uk
The International Longevity Centre-UK is an independent, non-partisan think-tank dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change. We develop ideas, undertake research and create a forum for debate.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation
www.jrf.org.uk
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation's mission is to search, demonstrate and influence, providing evidence, solutions and ideas that will help overcome the causes of poverty, disadvantage and social evil.

OPAAL - UK
www.opaal.org.uk
OPAAL is a registered charity with 175 member groups, which seeks to give the strategic lead in the development of independent advocacy for older people.

Oxford Institute of Ageing
www.ageing.ox.ac.uk
The Oxford Institute of Ageing addresses ageing at a global, societal and individual level. Research is currently undertaken in Europe, Asia, Africa and Central and Southern America.

National Pensioner Convention
www.npcuk.org
The National Pensioners Convention (NPC) is Britain's biggest pensioner organisation representing over 1000 local, regional and national pensioner groups with a total of 1.5m members.

The Institute for Ageing and Health
www.ncl.ac.uk/iah/
Newcastle University established the Institute for Ageing and Health in 1994 to meet this need. It brings brings together clinical, basic, and social scientists in partnership with colleagues in the National Health Service and older people.

Sheffield Institute for Studies on Ageing
www.shef.ac.uk/sisa/
The Institute is both a core group of specialists in gerontological research and training, who form a Section of the Division of Clinical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine, and a cross-faculty network of academics in the University of Sheffield with active interests in gerontology.

UK Age Research Forum

www.ukarf.org.uk

UKARF is an alliance of organisations and government departments that fund research pertaining to older people and ageing.

The main purpose of the alliance is to facilitate networking, to provide an opportunity for exchange of information and to assist different ageing research funders to see their issues in a wider context.