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- ↑ Registered Scottish charity no. SC010100 at OSCR
- ↑ Age Scotland Annual Report 2010 p. 6
- ↑ OSCR website
- ↑ Third Sector online article, retrieved Nov 2009 Archived July 30, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Age Scotland Annual Report 2010, p. 2
- ↑ Age UK Scotland, Retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ OSCR Scottish Charity Regular website, Retrieved 2023-07-20
- ↑ Bruce Tait Associates website
- ↑ Age Scotland website
- ↑ Third Force News website