Welcome to Age Concern Isle of Man

Penny Creighton MBE
Chief Executive

Age Concern Isle of Man is delighted to have won the Charity, Cultural and Social Responsibility award, sponsored by Barclays Wealth, in the 2009 Isle of Man Newspapers’ Awards for Excellence. Working to create an age-friendly society where every older person counts is very much a team effort, so I was thrilled to be able to collect the award on behalf of such a wonderfully committed and highly motivated group of people.

Our digital inclusion programme delivered through our Lifelong Learning Centres is helping make a very real difference to older people’s lives, empowering them to seize the opportunities presented by the digital age, while our range of associated services aims to ensure older people are able to make the most of later life.

10 things you should know about us.

  1. We must raise £800,000 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;
  2. We can help anyone over the age of 50 and anyone with a disability;
  3. We provide free impartial advice and information to 1700 clients a year;
  4. We receive 20,000 telephone requests for help per year;
  5. We work 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);
  6. We serve 4800 meals a year across our lunch clubs in Union Mills, Laxey, Port Erin and Castletown;
  7. We provide training to more than 7,200 people a year in our five Lifelong Learning Centres (Douglas, Peel, Jurby, Ramsey and Port Erin);
  8. We partner with the Isle of Man Department of Health and Social Security to support the Island’s Meals on Wheels service;
  9. We operate six mini-buses which, combined, cover some 72,000 miles a year transporting clients;
  10. We run two shops – one in Ramsey, the other in Port Erin – staffed by volunteers. Together our shops serve 50,000 customers per year.

2009 Awards for Excellence winner for Charity, Cultural and Social Responsibility. (Sponsored by Barclays Wealth)