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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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Doddery but dear? A webinar examining age-related stereotypes

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Centre for Ageing Better
23 Mar 2020

We held an interactive webinar exploring how age and ageing is discussed and represented across society

  • Age-friendly Movement
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How can local leadership create better later lives for us all?

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Ellie Gotay
26 Feb 2020

How can the right local leadership make the changes urgently needed for better later lives?

Age-friendly Movement
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Life beyond 50

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Ellie Gotay
27 Nov 2019

What is the role of individuals, employers and policy makers in supporting people to plan for life beyond 50?

Age-friendly Movement
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Home truths

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Centre for Ageing Better
1 Aug 2019

A free interactive webinar on housing information and advice for people in later life.

  • Homes
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What works? Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Jun 2019

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

  • Age-friendly Movement
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State of Ageing 2019: Interactive Webinar

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Mar 2019

We held a webinar with the authors of our report 'The State of Ageing in 2019', to discuss the findings and answer questions.

  • Age-friendly Movement
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The state of ageing: How will future generations fare?

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Ellie Gotay
13 Mar 2019

In March 2019 we launched our flagship report 'The State of Ageing in 2019'

Age-friendly Movement
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Commissioning the Leeds Neighbourhood Network Evaluation supplier event

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Mar 2019

A suppliers' event for the Leeds Neighbourhood Network Evaluation project.

  • Homes
  • Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

What do we really know about age-related stereotypes and well-being of older adults? A commentary on the state of the art
Rasset, P., Mange, J., Augustinova, M., Frontiers in Psychology
24 May 2024
This review outlines age-related stereotypes faced by older people, and the mechanisms through which they impact mental and physical health.
Aging well in an aging society: physical health in older lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults
Baiocco, R. et. al., Frontiers in Psychology
27 May 2024
This study explores how experiences of discrimination, coming out, and personal resilience influence the physical health of older lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adults living in Italy.
Advancing Age-friendly Cities and Communities. The crucial role of leadership
McGarry, P. et al., University of Manchester
25 Jun 2024
This guide from the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub brings together insights from age-friendly leaders on the role of leadership in driving age-friendly initiatives.

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