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Diana Findley: Age-friendly champion

Case Study

Centre for Ageing Better

1 Oct 2018

Diana Findley, Chairperson of the Scottish Older People's Assembly, gives some insight into her involvement with the Assembly and how she has helped her community become more age-friendly.

Delivering Age-friendly programme

Age-friendly volunteering emerging from the pandemic

Blog

Sarah Wilkinson

5 Apr 2022

Formal volunteering shifted in different ways among age groups throughout the pandemic, with informal volunteering rising considerably.

Social participation

Kevin Berry: Age-friendly champion

Case Study

Centre for Ageing Better

1 Oct 2018

Now retired for 13 years, Kevin is the Age-friendly Champion for Nettlestone and Seaview as part of the Age-Friendly Isle Project in the Isle of Wight.

Respect and social inclusion

Walking and cycling ‘not safe or attractive enough’ for many in their 50s and 60s

Report

Centre for Ageing Better

4 Aug 2021

New report finds that lack of cycle and footpaths, personal safety concerns, and declining health are key barriers to people in their 50s and 60s walking or cycling as a means of travel.

Transportation

Community connections predict wellbeing as we age

Blog

Gianfranco Addario

16 May 2022

New evidence from the COVID-19 pandemic highlights how stronger local connections are linked to better wellbeing, particularly as we age.

Social participation

Hazel Watson: Age-friendly champion

Case Study

Centre for Ageing Better

1 Oct 2018

Hazel volunteers as a trustee of Cross Gates & District Good Neighbours' Scheme and a table host of their initiative, Shared Tables.

Delivering Age-friendly programme

What works? Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering

Webinar

Centre for Ageing Better

23 May 2019

For Volunteers' Week 1-7 June 2019, we held an interactive webinar on Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering.

Civic participation and employment

Wil's voice

Case Study

Centre for Ageing Better

30 Oct 2020

Wil, 61, is using her own experience of the mental health service to help improve care and support of people with mental illness.

Community support and health services