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Challenging ageism: A guide to talking about ageing and older age

Guide

Centre for Ageing Better

6 Dec 2021

This guide is designed as a practical tool to support organisations in communicating about ageing and older age.

Respect and social inclusion

UK Network of Age-friendly Communities 2022: A year in numbers

Blog

Rebecca Lines

3 Jan 2023

Age-friendly Communities across the UK have been working hard this year to make where they live better places to grow old in. Here we reflect on another year of progress towards an Age-friendly UK.

Delivering Age-friendly programme

Being poor, disabled or from a minority ethnic background significantly increases risk of ageism, new study finds

Blog

Centre for Ageing Better

9 May 2024

The Centre for Ageing Better’s new State of Ageing 2023/24 chapter on Society reveals that being poor or disabled can increase the chances of someone becoming the victim of ageism four-fold.

Social participation
Respect and social inclusion

Culture toolkit — leadership — diagnostic tool

Toolkit

Centre for Ageing Better

21 Jan 2025

This diagnostic tool will help you to assess how age-friendly your culture is, so you can plan for the future

What's an Age-friendly Community?

Guide

Centre for Ageing Better

4 May 2023

The Age-friendly Communities framework has two models: the Eight Domains, or areas, that places can address to improve their structures and services to meet older people's needs and the Four-Step Programme Cycle which guides communities through these continuous improvements.

Delivering Age-friendly programme

Home truths: Housing options and advice for people in later life

Report

Centre for Ageing Better

25 Jul 2019

This report demonstrates the need for understanding the local context and speaking to local communities when developing information and advice services.

Housing

The State of Ageing in Leeds: What life is like for people aged 50 and over in Leeds

Report

Centre for Ageing Better

8 Dec 2021

This report has been produced by Leeds City Council, Leeds Older People’s Forum and the Centre for Ageing Better, and looks at what life is like for people aged 50 and over in Leeds.

Delivering Age-friendly programme

Why being an Age-friendly Community is more important than ever

Blog

Charlotte Lewis

6 Feb 2023

Find out why Age-friendly Communities are able to develop innovative responses to cost-of-living challenges.

Delivering Age-friendly programme