Below and Opposite page is a Press release on AGE-UK and its Partners ...
Last year 2013, our charitable activities were recognised by other charitable organisations such as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and The Big Lottery Fund who extended their supports to help our service users.
The Big Lottery Fund awarded AGE-UK £9,707 for our “Capacity Building” project which contributed to number of achievements like:
Watford Stake in London of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in a joint charity project with the Association of Ghanaian Ex-servicemen and Women in the UK & Ireland (AGE-UK) donated 700 pieces of chairs at a total value of approximately £10,500 equivalent to GH ¢34,125 to ---- schools in Ghana.
Such collective effort and generosity not only improving the standard of learning and academic performance, but also improving the conditions of the teachers and pupils in the schools.
Besides the financial support to people in various challenging situations, the difference we have also made to our service users in the UK as we have earlier pointed out in terms of:
We and our service users have felt strongly the feelings of happiness and life satisfaction as results of users and volunteers active participation, interaction and willingness in supporting others in social and community life.
We have gained the commitment and sense of collective efficacy. Never before had we felt the willingness of our community members to look out for each other and intervene when trouble arises or when called upon in times of need.
Our Social networking has managed to involve more of our members, non community service users and leaders & have achieved high level of social integration and genuine participation that we know have also reduced loneliness and illness significantly.
We have minimised stress, disillusion and contention as members and families shared humorous stories, experiences, ideas and information to solve their own problems.
Founded in 2004, the Association of Ghanaian Ex-servicemen and women of UK, also known as AGE UK is a unique organisation: a registered charity providing a social welfare, voluntary service opportunities and support to anyone who served the Ghana Armed Forces, their spouses, dependents and any persons who share our values, vision and objects for improving the conditions of life.
We are dedicated to getting families in touch with their loved ones who died or been seriously ill in the UK or elsewhere, alleviate hardship or a long term financial over-burden such as inadequate family support and funeral obligations, and to provide our members social inclusiveness in a reliable social environment.
Dedicated to improving the conditions of life, we have taken the responsibility of returning some of our ex-servicemen who died alone in the UK to their children and loved ones, and supported their burial and funeral cost in Ghana.
Each year we provide humanitarian support & development; and service projects in and out of United Kingdom, such as raising funds for Parkinson’s disease society in the UK, 37 Military Hospital—Accra, Osu Children’s Home, Schools and Communities in Ghana.
We have invested and granted around £2 million and made other tremendous achievements over the last ten years, all committed to improving the conditions of lives.
We have 5 support groups of over 200 people throughout the UK. Run by volunteers such as Anthony Gbedemah -an Area Group leader presenting medical items to 37 Military Hospital in Ghana, they provide a valuable source of support, information, advice, counselling, contacts, social networking, reciprocity and collective efficacy to our service users.
When you are socially exclusive, alone from your family, ill or bereaved you think, “oh help, where do I go; what do I need, or when I am dead who will be there for me, inform and support my family?” The most important and practical thing is just getting people in touch with good and charitable people.
Our mission is to sustain a happier, dignify and responsible self-financed social and welfare success in helping to alleviate hardships.
Our values concern ‘human-centred’ agenda worth pursuing in its own right, independent of any ethnicity, race or political affiliation. Therefore, we are characterised by mutual trust, openness, sensitivity to the feelings and emotion of others, shared goals, support and commitment to addressing and resolving conflicts.
The answer is simple — To embark on activities to promote a healthier lifestyle and reduce hardships.
We are the only Ghanaian/UK charity organisation working exclusively to support Ghanaian Ex-servicemen and Women, their spouses, dependents and people of our communities throughout Ghana and the UK. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in improving the conditions of lives and/or willing to live up to our values and objectives.
| Ex-servicemen/Membership funerals | - £16,000 |
| Membership Funeral Support for dependants | - £30,000 |
| Welfare Support for Non-members/members | - £ 9,000 |
| Humanitarian & Development Support | - £23,000 |
| Social Inclusive activities | - £62,000 |
17 Lymping House, Gloucester Road Tottenham, London, N17 6LU
9 Campen Close, Wimbledon Park, London, SW19 6PZ
6 Crawford Street, Willesden, London, NW10 8RP
42 Bruce Grove, Tottenham, London, N17 6RN
45 Runbury Circle, Kingsbury, London, NW9 8RX
45 Runbury Circle, Kingsbury, London, United Kingdom, NW9 8RX
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