Age UK Mid Mersey

Who we are

Age UK Mid Mersey is a local, independent charity that is a brand partner of Age UK. This means we operate under the Age UK brand name, but source our own funding and design and deliver our own services. We offer support to anyone aged 50+ living in Knowsley, St Helens, Warrington or Halton. We have been operating across Mid-Mersey since 2008, when Age Concern and Help the Aged merged to form what is now Age UK. 

Our culture and values

Our vision is to do all we can to improve the quality of life of those aged over 50 and their carers. If you join us, you will be part of an enabling and caring team, and will use your skills, experience and influence to improve later life for people living in the four Mid Mersey boroughs of Halton, Knowsley, St Helens and Warrington. We are proud of the work we do delivering vital services to older people, enabling them to maintain their independence, live healthily, engage socially and stay connected to their communities. However, we are not complacent. We know there is much more we can do and are determined to innovative and grow the range of support we offer in response to local need.

Our Core Values:

• Continually Strive for Excellence
• Value, promote and protect the welfare of our beneficiaries
• Treat all people fairly, positively and with respect
• Always act with integrity
• Be transparent and accountable for our actions 

We put our values into action by independently speaking out on what effects people the most, campaigning to improve policy and attitudes in partnership with others & developing excellent local services to meet and fulfil unmet needs. 

Equality, diversity and inclusion policy

We  believe that a strong independent voluntary and community sector is crucial to helping people and communities to tackle disadvantage and discrimination. As a leading organisation within the third sector in Mid Mersey we recognise that we have a key role to play in upholding equality and diversity.

We aim to develop, promote and deliver our employment and training opportunities without discriminating on the basis of one of the ‘protected characteristics or any aspect of an individual’s background heritage which is used as justification for unfair treatment.

We believe our organisation will be a better, more creative and innovative place to work as a result of managing our people in a way that gets the best from their diversity; values their different perspectives and individual backgrounds; and integrates fairness and equity into every aspect of our employment practices.

We will do this by:

• Recruiting, attracting, developing and retaining the most talented people, valuing the varied skills and experiences people bring to the organisation and ensuring our workforce is representative of our community.
• Developing more imaginative and open ways of recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce, making sure that our employment opportunities are accessible to all and encouraging applications from all sections of our community.
• Providing a safe and accessible working environment that values and respects the identity and culture of each person.
• Ensuring that all employees have access to promotion, learning and development opportunities so that their contribution and potential are maximised.
• Regularly reviewing our people management policies and practices to make sure that they support these commitments, including the commitment to making reasonable adjustments where appropriate to do so.
• Providing support and training to ensure that this policy is communicated, understood and acted on by all individuals.
• Making sure that all individuals understand their rights and responsibilities concerning, discrimination, victimisation, bullying and harassment.
• Making sure that we treat seriously conduct that is deliberately contrary to our valuing diversity principles and take appropriate action.