We believe in self-representation by older people to advance our aims, rather than relying on the charities to speak for us Silver Voices is the only independent, individual membership organisation for senior citizens in the UK. MPs, councillors and many other opinion-formers receive our briefings and our influence is growing all the time. We are unashamedly political but not affiliated to any political party. Politicians from all parties have let older people down and age discrimination is still rife at all levels of society. There is a special responsibility on those of us whose parents fought for and built the Welfare State to help prevent it being dismantled in front of our eyes. We will campaign for an improved public NHS and a solution to the social care crisis as our first priorities.
We believe in self-representation by older people to advance our aims, rather than relying on the charities to speak for us
Silver Voices is the only independent, individual membership organisation for senior citizens in the UK. MPs, councillors and many other opinion-formers receive our briefings and our influence is growing all the time.
We are unashamedly political but not affiliated to any political party. Politicians from all parties have let older people down and age discrimination is still rife at all levels of society. There is a special responsibility on those of us whose parents fought for and built the Welfare State to help prevent it being dismantled in front of our eyes. We will campaign for an improved public NHS and a solution to the social care crisis as our first priorities.
Silver Voices is a non-profit making company limited by guarantee (registration number 12883349). We have deliberately not applied to be a charity as we want to be free to campaign on political issues. We have no allegiance to any political party. All subscription income and donations are invested in website, marketing, campaign and office costs.
Silver Voices is a web-based membership organisation for the over sixties who want a platform for campaigning on current issues; enabling their views to be channelled to the political parties and so influence national and local policies. We have reviewed our systems to ensure we are compliant with the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR): we will never provide individual data to any third party organisation and we do not use non-essential cookies. We are registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).
The more members we have the more we can influence the political debate. We already have over 10,500 members even though we are a relatively new organisation. Most MPs from all political parties receive our regular policy briefings and we try to work closely with other senior citizen organisations. We argue passionately for self-representation by senior citizens at all levels of society.
The Silver Voices Office is run by Dennis Reed who was Chief Executive of the local government think tank the LGIU for eleven years. Before that he was a senior official with the trade union UNISON. The Director is responsible for all organisational and financial matters, but policy positions and priorities are determined through regular membership polls and surveys, conducted by an independent survey company. Silver Voices is the only independent national membership organisation for senior citizens in the UK.