Alive is a charity dedicated to improving the quality of life of older people and their carers.
Our Vision
A world where older people live lives full of joy, meaning and connection.
Our Mission
To prioritise health and wellbeing into later life by:
Engaging older people creatively through meaningful activity
Training and supporting care staff to enrich the lives of older people
Reducing the isolation of older people by connecting them to their communities
Speaking up for the rights of older people to those with the power to improve their lives
What We Do
Alive is one of the UK’s leading practitioners of meaningful activity for older people. Working within care homes and the wider community, our charity delivers a variety of services and innovative projects to bring engagement, physical activity, and support to older people, in particularly those living with dementia and the people that support them.
Why We Exist
We are living in an ageing population where the social care sector is facing dramatic changes and challenges. Care homes are finding their residents are coming to live with them with more complicated needs. Older people at home often are socially isolated and not getting the care and interaction they need and deserve. Care settings are closing rapidly and, for minimum wage, care staff work a job that requires a vast skillset, and vulnerable older people can often pay the price. Care at Home agencies have rushed appointments as timetables need to be addressed.
Through our activity sessions, support groups, and training, for carers both in the community and in care homes, Alive exists to address this need of social isolation in our older population and to keep older peoples’ needs at the heart of decision making.
Our Values
Collaborative
We work with older people and partners to deliver services that are needed and wanted. We can’t achieve change on our own – we make more of an impact when we work together.
Creative
We embrace creativity. We like to try and test new approaches, new partnerships, new ways of working. We aren’t frightened of taking risks and possibly making mistakes.
Compassionate
We love what we do and who we work with. We are passionate about improving the lives of older people and strive to create a positive and engaging work culture in which we can all grow.
Committed
We deliver, train, connect, influence. We are a group of people who never give up and are fully committed to improving the lives of older people through activity in whatever way we can.
Community-focussed
We fully understand the value of togetherness and work hard to create supportive and inclusive communities for older people in whatever way we can.
