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Age UK is a registered charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 25 February 2009, and launched on 1 April 2009, which combines the operations of the previously separate charities Age Concern and Help the Aged to form the UK's largest charity for older people. The charity operated under its original charity names as "Age Concern and Help the Aged" until the new brand launch on 19 April 2010.〔(official web site )〕 The brand also includes separate but interdependent charities for the UK nations: Age Scotland, Age Cymru and Age NI,〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Charity Finance )〕 as well as its commercial services arm, Age UK Enterprises and new international charity, (Age International ). The merger was the largest among charities in the UK since that of the Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research in 2002 to form Cancer Research UK.〔(Third Sector online article, retrieved 1 April 2009 )〕 ==Structure== Age UK was formed from the merger of Help the Aged and Age Concern, creating an organisation with a combined income of around £160 million, including £47 million a year raised through fundraising, and over 520 charity shops, and income raised through its commercial services arm, Age UK Enterprises. The merger was first confirmed in September, when Dianne Jeffrey was confirmed as the new chair of trustees.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Help the aged and Age Concern England merger moves forward )〕 Tom Wright CBE, previously chief executive of VisitBritain, and Trustee of the Imperial War Museum was appointed Chief Executive of the new charity in November 2008.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/Channels/Management/Article/860417/Chief-executive-named-age-charities-merger/ )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Age UK」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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