TACT3 Partners

Age UK
Age UK is the new force combining Age Concern and Help the Aged. The Age UK Group works to improve later life for everyone by providing life-enhancing services and vital support.

Centre for Accessible Environments
The Centre for Accessible Environments aim is to help secure a built environment that is usable by everyone, including disabled and older people. CAE pioneered the provision of access guidance for building designers based on collaborative research with disabled people. CAE is a leader in developing the case for designing for disabled people in the context of mainstream inclusive design.

Devices for Dignity
Devices for Dignity innovate to improve both patient outcome and quality of life by focusing on medical devices.

The IBS Network (formerly known as The Gut Trust)
The IBS Network is a UK national charity offering advice, information and support. As well as the website, there is a free telephone helpline, staffed by specialist nurses, that provides advice and support. It also runs a network of local support groups for people with IBS.

The Simon Foundation for Continence
The mission of the Simon Foundation is to: "Bring the topic of incontinence out of the closet, remove the stigma surrounding it, and provide help and hope to people with incontinence, their families and the health professionals who provide their care."

Technology Sourcing
Technology Sourcing understand exciting new technology from large corporations, to new start-ups companies.

British Toilet Association
The British Toilet Association is a campaigning body with a simple mission: ' to represent the interests and aspirations of providers, suppliers and users, of all types and to act as the catalyst for change in the pursuit of standards of excellence in all areas of 'away from home' toilet provision and management'.
The National Trust
The National Trust works to preserve and protect the coastline, countryside and buildings of England, Wales and Northern Ireland. They do this in a range of ways, through practical caring and conservation through learning and discovery and through encouraging millions of people to visit and enjoy their national heritage.

The Relatives and Residents Association
The Relatives and Residents Association provide support on all areas of moving into a care home either to a prospective resident or to their family. They offer a listening ear for relatives of older people and to help them cope with any feelings of guilt. The Relatives & Residents Association exists for Older People needing, or living in, residential care and the families and friends left behind.


