Age UK Bradford District
Age UK Bradford District is a local, independent charity that enables, empowers and supports people to live well as active, engaged and influential members of their communities. They work to ensure that everyone’s contribution is valued and that individuals and their communities provide mutual support which promotes independence, inclusion, choice and control.
“We have developed over the last year so we can continue our hugely important work providing information, help and support, advice and a wide range of activities for older people in communities across Bradford District, helping them to feel less lonely, stay active and become more connected and financially secure.”
Community Hubs Age UK Bradford District has six Community Hubs, each one offering a range of functions – Information, Help and Support, Advice, Activities and Shopping - while focusing on the needs identified by local older people and working with the skills and resources from Bradford’s diverse neighbourhoods and communities to support older people. The six Hubs are based in premises in 8
Allerton, Idle, Keighley, Queensbury, Shipley and Wrose. Each Hub has now been reopened after Government restrictions enforced their closure in January 2021 and staff and volunteers are looking forward to the rest of the year and beyond. As Mark Rounding, Chief Executive of Age UK Bradford District, explains:
Each Hub features Area Impact Teams and offers a wide range of services more locally and more responsively to local needs than the charity has been able to provide previously. They serve the communities as defined by Bradford Council’s area structure and the five constituencies of Bradford District: • Bradford East • Bradford South • Bradford West • Keighley & Ilkley • Shipley & Bingley
