Welcome to Age Concern Isle of Man

Penny Creighton MBE Chief Executive

Welcome to Age Concern Isle of Man…helping older people live life to the full.

You may be surprised by breadth and depth of our services, so I should like to take this opportunity to share with you 10 things perhaps you didn’t know about us.

Age Concern Isle of Man:

• Must raise £500,000 every year to support our current services. We receive no money from Age Concern England. All money raised in the Island stays in the Island to support Age Concern Isle of Man services exclusively;
• Can help anyone over the age of 50 and anyone with a disability;
• Provides free impartial advice and information to 1700 clients a year;
• Receives 20,000 telephone requests for help per year;
• Works in partnership with Social Services to provide 20,000 day care places a year across our five day care centres, (Douglas, Peel, Ramsey, Onchan and Port Erin);
• Serves 4800 meals a year across our lunch clubs in Union Mills, Laxey, Port Erin and Castletown;
• Provides training to more than 7,200 people a year in our five Lifelong Learning Centres (Douglas, Peel, Jurby, Ramsey and Port Erin);
• Partners with the Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Security to support the Island’s Meals on Wheels service;
• Operates six mini-buses which, combined, cover some 72,000 miles a year transporting clients;
• Runs two shops – one in Ramsey, the other in Port Erin – staffed by volunteers. Together our shops serve 50,000 customers per year.

Demand for our services grows every day. Our vision is to expand those services into some truly exciting new directions to connect with as many older people in as many ways as possible.

It promises to be an amazing journey – one I hope you will share with us.

Thank you for your support.