Equality & Age

Information on age discrimination and its impact across society. Articles address workplace age bias, healthcare access, and legal protections for different age groups.

Age Discrimination and the Law

UK law protects older workers from age discrimination in employment and education, but younger workers have less legal coverage.

Age Related Workplace Concerns

Workers of all ages face stereotypes and concerns at work that go beyond legal protection from discrimination.

Ageism and Health and Social Care

How age discrimination affects older people in UK health and social care systems and what can be done about it.

Ageism and the Consumer

Older people face age discrimination when buying insurance, getting credit and seeing ads, often without realising it's happening.

Challenging Ageist Attitudes

Ageism affects people of all ages and limits what society can achieve, so it's worth pushing back against it at work, in your community and in the media.

Confronting Ageism

Age discrimination often goes unnoticed in the UK, but you can take action by confronting it directly, reporting it and educating others.

Fighting Ageism in the Community

Age discrimination hurts entire communities, so build connections, call out ageism when it happens and support anti-ageist efforts together.

What Is Ageism?

Ageism is discrimination based on age, affecting older and younger people alike, and it's illegal in UK employment and education.