Sponsors
Without our sponsors and supporters National Older Workers Week would not be possible. Thank you to all of our sponsors.
We’re proud to be a founder signatory of the Centre for Ageing Better’s Age-Friendly Employer Pledge, we offer flexible working as standard, have age inclusive recruitment programmes and encourage colleagues to make career shifts to support changes in their circumstances and allow for better, longer working lives.
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AWE offers a unique opportunity to work on projects critical to the safety and security of the UK. We develop, manufacture and maintain the warheads for the UK’s nuclear deterrent, and provide skills and expertise to support the UK’s counter terrorism and nuclear threat reduction. We are a centre of scientific, engineering, and technological excellence, with some of the most advanced research, design, and production facilities in the world.
We recognise the benefits of a multigenerational workforce and boast an excellent workplace culture, that celebrates and embraces diversity and inclusion. We’re proud to have been ranked in the Top 25 Best Big Companies to work for again this year.
David Lloyd Clubs have pledged to have at least one personal trainer in each club over the age of 55 by the end of 2022. “Older members often feel more comfortable training with someone their own age,” – quote from Dave Evans, our 73-year-old David Lloyd PT who has clients aged from 12 to 80. We are keen to challenge any perceptions that fitness, or a career in fitness, is solely a domain for younger people. Read more about them here.
Age UK’s vision is a world where every older person feels included and valued. That’s why we’re delighted to be supporting National Older Workers Week 2024, championing the rights of older workers, and supporting them to thrive.
Saga’s ambition to enhance the lives of older people is at the heart of everything we do. We want to change the perception of ageing and show that it is not a barrier to continued professional success. Some of the ways we are doing that within our own business includes taking care with the wording we use in recruitment advertising and avoiding language that might introduce an age bias. We were also the first major UK firm to offer paid leave for new grandparents, giving our colleagues the opportunity to support their families. This is about helping new grandparents celebrate those special moments and play a role in their growing families from day one. It is also a symbol of how important older workers are to us and to society at large.