Elizabeth Sclater
Elizabeth brings over 40 years experience of working with older people as a social worker, policy officer and volunteer. Her career has been in local government where, in 1990, following 20 years of social work practice, teaching and management she joined the London Borough of Lewisham’s central policy unit as equalities officer for older people. From 1999 to 2004, Elizabeth managed the corporate Equality and Diversity Team as principal advisor to the Council on equality & diversity. She has developed and managed three successful European-funded projects addressing, gender and age; age and social inclusion; and the effective mainstreaming of gender equality across local partnerships. Since retirement, Elizabeth has become a member of the NDA older people’s reference group, and is involved in local, national and international activism promoting older women’s equality and human rights.