Events

Upcoming events

Improving the recruitment of older workers

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

30 Sep 2021

In this webinar we will explore the recruitment of older workers both from the perspective of employers and workers, as well as the impact of language in job adverts.

Work

Best foot forward: Understanding active travel

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

4 Oct 2021

This webinar explores the motivators and barriers to active travel for people in their 50s and 60s, and by extension, what might work to get people in this age group walking or cycling as their default mode of travel.

Health

Past events

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Health and work: Healthy ageing webinars

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

25 Jun 2021

This webinar explored the importance of health, work and ageing, and what employers and government need to do to ensure that all employees are supported at work.

Work
Health

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Developing Age-friendly Communities

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

23 Jun 2021

How can I get started with developing an Age-friendly Community? This half-day training will explore how communities can embed an Age-friendly Communities approach, taking you through the first stage of the Age-friendly Communities Framework.

Communities

Understanding the changing patterns of work at older ages

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

17 Jun 2021

Following new research by the IFS, this live-stream explored some of the challenges older workers and jobseekers might face when the furlough scheme is wound down.

Work

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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

15 Jun 2021

What is an Age-friendly Community? This half-day training looks at the principles of Age-friendly Communities, what can be achieved through implementing them and how you can become one.

Communities

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Active travel: Healthy ageing webinars

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

29 Apr 2021

How do we create active travel environments for older adults?

Health

Good homes for all – who pays?

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

26 Apr 2021

A webinar hosted by the Good Home Inquiry, which explored how to overcome the financial challenges people experience when attempting to improve their homes.

Housing

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Age inclusive workforces: the business case and putting it into practice

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

22 Apr 2021

Together with the OECD, employers and thought leaders, we explored how we can maximise the benefits of multi-generational workforces as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Work

Ageing in a rural place

Event

Centre for Ageing Better

15 Apr 2021

This webinar explored the challenges and opportunities for people ageing in rural and coastal places, the impact of the pandemic on rural communities and the action required to support their recovery.

Communities

Latest research from others

Is your garden dementia friendly?

Association for Dementia Studies

24 Sep 2021

This environmental assessment tool for gardens and outdoor spaces aims to help organisations who are designing gardens and outdoor spaces for people with cognitive impairments or neurodiversity.

Healthcare development opportunities

Knight Frank Research

23 Sep 2021

This is the real estate consultancy's annual assessment of supply trends and development prospects in the UK care home industry. Despite the pandemic taking its toll on the sector in 2020, new build activity remains buoyant as developers and investors endeavour to meet future demand.

A design for life: urban practices for an age-friendly city

Pozzoni Architecture

21 Sep 2021

This guide highlights the opportunities that arise when urban planning professionals proactively challenge common stereotypes about the ageing process, and work together to develop practices, policies and designs that value older people as diverse, intersectional citizens.

Events

Upcoming events

Improving the recruitment of older workers

Best foot forward: Understanding active travel

Past events

Health and work: Healthy ageing webinars

Developing Age-friendly Communities

Understanding the changing patterns of work at older ages

An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

Active travel: Healthy ageing webinars

Good homes for all – who pays?

Age inclusive workforces: the business case and putting it into practice

Ageing in a rural place

Latest research from others

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