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Our events bring people, organisations and experts together to share knowledge and experience.

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Finding funds, fixing homes: innovation in local authority provision of home improvement grants and loans

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 Jul 2024

Finance is a fundamental barrier facing people who want to make improvements to their home. Learn how local areas are tailoring financial solutions to meet the needs of their residents.

  • Homes
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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 Aug 2024

What is an Age-friendly Community? Learn about the WHO Age-friendly Communities framework and what can be achieved through becoming one.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Event: Building effective local home improvement services: Good Home Hubs

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Centre for Ageing Better
2 Oct 2024

What is a Good Home Hub? Learn about this comprehensive model for home improvement services and how it can benefit people living in your area.

  • Homes
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Housing quality and people’s health: making the case for improving health through housing

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Nov 2024

Homes should be places of warmth and safety but for millions of people, their homes cause falls, asthma, heart problems, joint problems, and many more conditions. Understand how local areas are creating joint solutions across the health, care and housing sectors.

  • Homes

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Exhibition - Challenging Ageism: See and Be Seen

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Mar 2024

To celebrate our first Age Without Limits Action Day this photo exhibition celebrates the huge diversity across ages and shows there is no one way to grow old.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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The role of local Age UKs in Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
13 Mar 2024

In this session we will outline the World Health Organisation's Age-friendly Communities approach and how it can bring benefit to local Age UKs

  • Age-friendly Movement
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The State of Ageing 2023-24: understanding ethnic inequalities in later life

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Feb 2024

In this webinar invited experts examined what we know about the lives of older people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and what action is needed to address inequalities.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Did the Spring Budget deliver for older workers?

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Mar 2023

We discussed whether the Budget really will deliver more employment for people in their 50s and 60s.

  • Work
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How to show ageing from a new perspective

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Centre for Ageing Better
26 Jan 2023

This webinar explained how you can capture photos that show the diversity of older people in realistic and authentic ways.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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Creating age-friendly and inclusive homes and communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 May 2022

This webinar, hosted by the TCPA, highlighted current inspiring approaches from across the UK, collectively addressing the question: ‘How can we create age-friendly and inclusive homes and new communities?’.

  • Homes
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Webinar: The State of Ageing 2022

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Centre for Ageing Better
5 Apr 2022

We explored the key themes from our flagship report, The State of Ageing 2022, a comprehensive review of the most recent national data on ageing.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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How community organisations contribute to healthy ageing

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Centre for Ageing Better
24 Mar 2022

This webinar explored the findings from our evaluation of the Leeds Neighbourhood Network.

  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Older adults, perceived ageism, civic participation and mental health: a qualitative study
Humboldt, S. et al., Aging and Mental Health
6 May 2024
This paper investigates the relationships between ageism, civic participation and mental health for older people. Based on qualitative research with 782 people aged between 65 to 88 living in the UK…
Keys to the future: Projecting housing tenure and poverty rates in later life
Independent Age
11 Jun 2024
This report explores the housing challenges and aspirations of older people living in the UK.
Barriers and motivators to undertaking physical activity in adults over 70
Kilgour, A., et al., Age and Ageing
22 Apr 2024
This systematic review summarises international evidence on barriers and motivators to physical activity amongst adults aged 70 and over. Drawing on 73 studies, it identifies key barriers such as…

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