Websites for the 50's and Over
Has a useful guided tour, lots of useful links and a huge
range of fact sheets which you can read or print.
Britain's largest campaigning organisation for people over 50
with 100,000 plus members.
Contains information on health, study, retirement, employment,
property, caring, travel and finance, through the association is an
introducer for financial products only from CGU Financial
Services.
Welcomes emails on various topics.
An internet chat cafe designed for the over 50's. Set up by
Age Concern's sister organisation 'Age Resource'. Chat in various
'rooms' with special themes or topics or have more privacy in a
private 'room'. The rooms are regularly monitored to ensure they
are not being abused.
"For too long the world wide web has been the domain of callow
youth, now it is time for the over 50's to fight back and claim
their rightful status in cyberspace" Contains both serious and
humourous content with the obligatory chat rooms.
Advice leaflets on pensions, residential care and welfare
support. Events and campaigns, make donations online, receive
monthly policy update bulletins.
Set up in 1988 as "the first UK site for over 50's viewing
existing over-50's organisations at the time as "po-faced and
institutional"
This is the website for the UK's largest monthly magazine for
people aged 50 and over. You can find current and archived material
of the magazine here.
This is similar to vavo.com and is described as an
"informative, fun and interactive online community created by and
for people aged 50(ish)".
Senior friendly sites for silver surfers