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Hourglass Conference 2024: Towards A Safer Ageing Society In a world with an increasingly ageing population, the visibility of older people in discussions about tackling violence and abuse remains…

Welcome to Safer Ageing Week 2022. A week of bringing older victims of abuse and neglect out of the shadows to the top of the agenda. This week, Hourglass will help people right across the UK…

1 December 2021 Alarming new research by Hourglass reveals that the abuse of older people comes last in line for government and the public alike   To coincide with Safer Ageing Week Hourglass…

Putting an end to the abuse of older people coming last in line   This isn’t about growing old gracefully. Safer ageing is about creating environments and procedures that allow all of us to stay…

Putting an end to being ‘Last in line’   Today marks the start of Safer Ageing Week 2021 and I will start by sharing some positive and exciting news.   Today in Sussex we’ve teamed up…

Hourglass vacancy: Hourglass is recruiting for a Development Manager (Northern Ireland) Click here for more     Hourglass vacancy: Hourglass is recruiting for a Development Manager (Northern…

 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Hourglass was grateful this World Elder Abuse Awareness Day to receive statements of support from political figures from around the UK. We continue to build a four-…

  What is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day? World Elder Abuse Awareness Day – or WEAAD – is held on 15th June every year, across the world. It is the globally recognised day to highlight the…

The Elder Abuse Recovery Service (EARS) ran from 2015 until December 2020; our unique programme to support older victims of abuse to recover from their experience, regain confidence, and re-integrate…

This time it’s personal: Calling time on the abuse and harm of older people 30 November – 4 December 2020   Hourglass is committed to protecting older people from abuse and working towards a…

Jess Phillips MP has joined Hourglass this Safer Ageing Week in calling on the Home Secretary and the UK Government to take urgent action against the abuse of older people, as new findings reveal 2.…

Abuse of older people at ‘unprecedented levels’ as Hourglass research finds that 2.7 million over-65s are affected... View the full Press Release here…

Welcome to Safer Ageing Week 2020 and to a whole new agenda for Hourglass.   As the only UK charity focused on the abuse and neglect of older people, Hourglass relaunched in March with a renewed…

Safer Ageing Older people face physical and attitudinal barriers that create circumstances of actual or presumed age related vulnerability – an environment which puts older adults at risk. Our…

Along with a range of vital new services provided by the UK’s only charity focused on the abuse of older people – Safer Ageing Week underlines staggering new figures. An Hourglass-commissioned poll…

We are deeply concerned about the significantly increased risk of abuse and neglect to the nation’s older population, as widespread lockdown and self-isolation takes effect amid the UK’s efforts to…