The Parents' and Carers' Coalition embraces a wide range of organisations including Age Concern, the Daycare Trust, Disability Alliance, 4Children, the Maternity Alliance, the National Family and Parenting Institute, One Parent Families, the TUC and Carers UK.
It was brought together by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) in response to research showing that, with an ageing population and women choosing to have children later, parents could find themselves looking after both an elderly relative and a child at the same time.
The EOC points out that for the first time there are now more people aged over 60 than under 16 in the UK and that by 2021, one in five of the population will be over 65.
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