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An introduction to Age-friendly Communities

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Centre for Ageing Better
10 Sep 2025

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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From access to outcomes: advancing equity in home improvement

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Oct 2025

Join us for the launch of our new research to uncover fresh insights into how home improvement services can become more accessible, fair, and effective for racially marginalised communities.

  • Homes

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How can business meet the Grand Challenge on Ageing?

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Ellie Gotay
24 Oct 2018

This breakfast debate explored the opportunities that the ‘grand challenge’ of an ageing population presents.

Age-friendly Movement
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Room to improve: innovation and good practice in housing adaptations conference

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Centre for Ageing Better
8 Oct 2018

This conference launched our latest report: Adapting for Ageing. We were delighted to welcome special guest: Nick Knowles, who hosted a panel discussion on home adaptations.

  • Homes
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Loneliness and isolation: an age-old story, not just a story of old age

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Ellie Gotay
27 Sep 2018

We hosted a breakfast debate in Leeds to explore this powerfully emotive topic and considered what we can all do to create and maintain friendships and connections to last us a lifetime.

Age-friendly Movement
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A message to myself: planning and preparing for later life

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Ellie Gotay
24 Sep 2018

We held a panel event that explored what enables people to plan for their later lives, and the challenges they may face along the way.

Age-friendly Movement
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Mind the digital gap

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Ellie Gotay
13 Jun 2018

How do we tackle digital exclusion in later life? We held a debate to discuss how society should respond to the issue of digital exclusion in later life, now and in the future.

Age-friendly Movement
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Ageism: the last taboo

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Ellie Gotay
2 May 2018

Ageing is still a taboo in our society. We held a debate about how we could take steps to collectively change this.

Age-friendly Movement

Latest research from others

Work aspirations and support needs of health and disability customers
National Centre for Social Research
This report explores employment aspirations, barriers, and support needs among people receiving health and disability benefits in the UK.
Associations between informal caregiving and physical functioning: A longitudinal analysis of Dutch older adults
Sattari, Z., et al., Oxford Journals the Gerontologist
This study investigates the relationship between informal caregiving and physical functioning changes among older adults in the Northern Netherlands.
Social determinants of heat-related mortality in England: a time-stratified case-crossover study using primary care records
Thompson, R. et al., BMJ Public Health
This study examined socio-environmental risk factors for heat-related mortality in England.

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