All at the BGS were very sad to hear last week of the death of Baroness Sally Greengross. She was a staunch advocate for the rights of older people, a tireless campaigner and a leader of great vision and integrity.
Sally Greengross was Director General of Age Concern from 1987, a position she held until 2000. She was joint Chair of the Age Concern Institute of Gerontology at King's College London, and Secretary General of Eurolink Age. She founded the International Longevity Centre in 1997 and was its Chief Executive until shortly before her death. She was Co-President of the ILC Global Alliance from 2010 to 2017 and then became their Global Ambassador. She joined the House of Lords as a crossbench peer in 2000, chairing five All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) including the Dementia APPG and the APPG for Ageing and Older People and speaking in the House to advocate for older people’s right to equality of opportunity and access to care. She campaigned for better understanding between the generations and for policies and planning that recognised the reality of an ageing population.
