New member - Anne Sykes – Age UK Teesside

April 7th 2017

Age UK Teesside is a charity which supports older people across the four boroughs of Hartlepool, Stockton, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland. Staff and volunteers are dedicated to promoting wellbeing and independence for over-50s, ensuring later life is a fulfilling and enjoyable experience. Age UK Teesside achieve this by making sure older people have the right entitlements to a range of benefits and financial stability by promoting healthy living, creating opportunities to meet new people, to broaden social networks and to try something different. They also campaign and lobby on a range of issues of interest to the older generation.
 
Anne Sykes, chief executive of Age UK Teesside said: “The charity is keen to connect with businesses in the Tees Valley to raise awareness of the charities work within the region. Finding out more about businesses and the services they offer will hopefully help with our overall aim of working in partnership with businesses to deliver the support which older people are entitled to.”