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Age-friendly case study: Supporting older people to shape their environment through walk audits

Case Study

6 Sep 2024

Walking audits are a tool many Age-friendly Communities are using in different ways to strengthen the voices of older people in the design of outdoor spaces.

Outdoor spaces and buildings
Communication and information
Community support and health services

Culture toolkit - the case for older workers

Toolkit

Centre for Ageing Better

21 Jan 2025

It's time to reframe how we think about workers in their 50s, 60s and beyond. People over 50 are an increasingly important part of the workforce.

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

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

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

Loneliness lessons from lockdown: Why ‘connected communities’ matter beyond COVID-19

Blog

Emily Georghiou

24 Mar 2021

The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Loneliness's new report calls for a ‘connected recovery’, recognising the crucial importance of social connections both to recovery and to resilience in future crises.

Social participation