Join us - Independent Age is looking for new trustees! Would you like to use your skills and experience to help us end poverty in later life? Independent Age is the only national charity focused solely on improving the lives of people facing financial hardship in later life. We currently achieve impact through three key activities: advice and support, grant-making, and policy, influencing and campaigning. This year, we have supported over 20,000 people who called our helpline and identified over £6.5 million in unclaimed benefits. We have awarded £3 million in grants, enabling local organisations to reach even more older people living in financial hardship. We also successfully campaigned for the Winter Fuel Payment to be restored to a large number of older people who rely on it, and to improve protections for older renters through the Renters'' Rights Act and the Housing (Scotland) Act. We are looking to appoint several new trustees to our Board. We are interested in hearing from people who are concerned about the growing impact of poverty in later life on our society, and can bring us any of the following skills or experience: finance fundraising brand / marketing / engagement business development / transformation / innovation / technology. Every day at Independent Age, we hear from older people who don''t have enough money for a decent standard of living. While they are resourceful, careful and resilient, and employ many tactics to make their ..... full job details .....