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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 May 2024

What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.

  • Age-friendly Movement

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Exhibition - Challenging Ageism: See and Be Seen

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Mar 2024

To celebrate our first Age Without Limits Action Day this photo exhibition celebrates the huge diversity across ages and shows there is no one way to grow old.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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The role of local Age UKs in Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
13 Mar 2024

In this session we will outline the World Health Organisation's Age-friendly Communities approach and how it can bring benefit to local Age UKs

  • Age-friendly Movement
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The State of Ageing 2023-24: understanding ethnic inequalities in later life

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Feb 2024

In this webinar invited experts examined what we know about the lives of older people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and what action is needed to address inequalities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Ageism Action Day micro-grants information session: 14 December

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Dec 2023

An open online information session on Action Day micro-grants for Age-friendly Communities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Ageism Action Day micro-grants information session: 8 December

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Centre for Ageing Better
8 Dec 2023

An open online information session on Action Day micro-grants for Age-friendly Communities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Did the Spring Budget deliver for older workers?

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Mar 2023

We discussed whether the Budget really will deliver more employment for people in their 50s and 60s.

  • Work
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How to show ageing from a new perspective

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Centre for Ageing Better
26 Jan 2023

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

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Creating age-friendly and inclusive homes and communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 May 2022

This webinar, hosted by the TCPA, highlighted current inspiring approaches from across the UK, collectively addressing the question: ‘How can we create age-friendly and inclusive homes and new communities?’.

  • Homes

Latest research from others

Left out in the cold. The hidden health costs of cold homes
Institute of Health Equity
22 Feb 2024
The report highlights the health risks of cold homes in the UK, including for older people.
Is Aging a Disease? A Critical Review Within the Framework of Ageism
Mendoza-Núñez, V.,M. and Mendoza-Soto, A.,B.
24 Feb 2024
The paper challenges the World Health Organization (WHO) approach of classifying ageing as a disease.
Caring for Older People As a Social Determinant of Health
Stowell, M., et al. Journal of Long-Term Care
27 Feb 2024
This study outlines the nature of evidence on the experiences of unpaid carers of older people.

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