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'Age-positive image library' shortlisted for prestigious charity award

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 May 2022

Our image library has been shortlisted for this year’s Charity Awards, for its positive and realistic portrayals of people aged 50+.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Supporting older people to remain online in the 'new normal'

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Martin Mitchell
11 May 2022

Research conducted for Ageing Better is showing that lockdowns have had a profound effect on the way older people are using the internet.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Further blow to labour market as Queen’s Speech fails to deliver on long-promised Employment Bill

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 May 2022

The Queen’s Speech again fails to include legislation granting Carers’ Leave or flexible working for all employees from day one.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Work
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Now is the perfect time to unleash the full potential of flexible working

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Carole Easton
9 May 2022

This week’s Queen’s Speech is the optimum moment for the UK Government to make good on its commitments to flexible working and Carers’ Leave.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Work
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Age-friendly Communities can help ‘Level Up’ places for everyone

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Natalie Turner
27 Apr 2022

The Levelling Up White Paper has made closing the gap in healthy life expectancy one of its missions. This is how Age-friendly Communities can help.

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Creating age-friendly homes in Greater Manchester

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Nicola Waterworth 1
12 Apr 2022

We look at the work Greater Manchester have been doing to create a shared vision and ambition to increase the supply of age-friendly homes.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Homes
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Why it's time to invest in our homes

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David Orr
6 Apr 2022

The scrapping of VAT on home energy efficiency in the recent Spring Budget Statement is a welcome move – but it doesn’t go far enough.

  • Age-friendly Movement
  • Homes
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Ageing Better and NCVO partner on age-friendly inclusive volunteering

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Centre for Ageing Better
5 Apr 2022

We're partnering with the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) to help increase age-friendly inclusive volunteering in England.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Scams Prevention and Support Programme Report: Empowering Older People in a Fraud Epidemic
Age UK
8 Apr 2024
This report provides an overview of Age UK’s Scams Prevention and Support Programme.
Mitigating the Harmful Impact of Ageism among Older Individuals
Brinkhof, L.P., et al. Geriatrics
26 Feb 2024
The paper investigates how ageism affects the mental well-being and quality of life of older people, and the mitigating role of individual resilience.
Ageism revisited
Ribera-Casado, J-M., European Geriatric Medicine
29 Feb 2024
This paper examines age discrimination, emphasising its prevalence and detrimental impacts on older people.

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