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Society | The State of Ageing 2025

Older people take on varied roles in their communities but frequently come up against barriers of ageism, digital exclusion and cutbacks in local amenities and services.

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The Centre for Ageing Better is tackling inequalities in ageing. We are working to make our workplaces, homes and communities inclusive of older people, as well as building an Age-friendly Movement so that society sees ageing in a more positive and realistic way.

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Summary | The State of Ageing 2025

Our summary presents key data on our older population and shows that, quite simply, where you are born in England determines how long you live and how well you age.
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110 million lost hours of volunteering by older people due to post-pandemic slump

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20 Oct 2025
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Our latest State of Ageing chapter on Society reveals that the huge amount of volunteering carried out by people aged 50 and older has diminished compared to before the pandemic.
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The double prejudice facing Disabled older workers

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15 Sep 2025
6 min read
The Centre for Ageing Better launches new report calling for new policy and practice to improve support for Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in their 50s and 60s to find and stay in work.
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Dorset becomes the 100th Age-friendly Community

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9 Oct 2025
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Dorset Council has become the 100th place in the UK to become an Age-friendly Community.
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Unequal access, unsafe homes: The home improvement gap for racially minoritised communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Oct 2025
This report, commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better and delivered by the Race Equality Foundation, explores the specific housing and home improvement needs and barriers experienced by racially minoritised communities in England.
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Age-positive image library

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7 Jan 2023

Photos in the image library, which depict older people in non-stereotypical ways, are available to download for free.

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Did the Spring Budget deliver for older workers?

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We discussed whether the Budget really will deliver more employment for people in their 50s and 60s.
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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.
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How to show ageing from a new perspective

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This webinar explained how you can capture photos that show the diversity of older people in realistic and authentic ways.

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How to use apprenticeships to unlock the potential of older workers

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Christine and Margaret's story: Intergenerational homeshare

In this interview, Christine discusses the benefits of living with Margaret and what they have learned from one another.

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Dave’s voice – unretiring with Ipsos

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Latest research from others

Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Study the Mental Health of Older Adults with a Refugee Life Experience
Frounfelker, R., Thapa, P., and Mishra, T., International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
This US study examines the use of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) in mental health research with older adults who have refugee experiences.
Winter mortality
UK Parliament
This briefing examines winter mortality and prevention measures in the UK.
‘I’m not ill, I’m just old’: negotiations of risk – an ethnographic study of the subjectification of older people in assisted body care practices in institutionalized homes
Rosendal, K., Overgaard, D., and Lehn, S., Ageing & Society
This study examines assisted body care in Danish institutional homes.

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