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50 years of progress against pensioner poverty under threat, warns new State of Ageing report

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 Nov 2023

Today we launch our fourth annual State of Ageing report which brings together realms of data and analysis to paint a detailed picture of our ageing population and how it is changing.

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Placeholder image Five people on the beachThe winning photo of North Norfolk’s Age Positive Photography Competition. ’Red Hat Ladies’ by Sally Redgrave.

How Age-friendly Communities celebrated the Age Without Limits Action Day 2024

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Ellen Denley
8 May 2024

The first Age Without Limits Action Day brought together an array of events and activities helping to change perceptions about ageing.

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Older people demand their voices are heard at Downing Street as they call for a Commissioner

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Centre for Ageing Better
30 Apr 2024

Representatives from Ageing Better join campaigners and colleagues from three other organisations to hand in a petition calling for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England.

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Finding funds, fixing homes: the art of the possible

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Ploy Suthimai
29 Apr 2024

More than £2 billion in home improvement funding administered by local authorities for homeowners and landlords has been cut over the last decade, writes our Homes Innovation and Change Manager Ploy Suthimai

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Five ways Age-friendly Communities are taking intergenerational approaches

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Rebecca Lines
26 Apr 2024

This week sees the start of Global Intergenerational Week, a campaign encouraging everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships.

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New Ageing Better campaign calls on government to halve number of unsafe homes within next decade to improve nation's health

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22 Apr 2024

Newly launched Safe Homes Now campaign with eight other charities says it is time to end the scandal of 8 million people living in dangerous homes that pose significant risk to inhabitants’ health.

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How the mayoral elections might impact the long-awaited plan to make London age-friendly

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Margit Physant
11 Apr 2024

On May 2, more than 6 million Londoners will go to the polls to elect a mayor and 25 London Assembly members.

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Significant progress: Ageing Better welcomes new worker rights on carer’s leave and flexible working

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10 Apr 2024

New legislation, which came into force over the weekend, has bolstered employee rights in the workplace.

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As Media Manager, Neil is responsible for growing Ageing Better’s profile and relationships across national, regional, trade and broadcast media.

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In Credit? Assessing where Universal Credit's long roll-out has left the benefit system and the country
Resolution Foundation
15 Apr 2024
This report outlines the impact of Universal Credit on the UK benefit system and labour market.
When I'm 64 - A strategy to tackle poverty before state pension age
Fabian Society
17 Apr 2024
This report outlines the problem and strategies towards addressing pre-state pension age poverty.
The Rhetoric and Reality of Choice and Autonomy When Older People Are Discharged from Community Hospital at the End-of-Life in England
Mckean, E,. Butler,. C,. and Wilson, P., Health and Social Care in the Community
26 Mar 2024
This study outlines the experiences of UK healthcare stakeholders around the discharge of older patients from community hospitals

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