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Mental health in older age

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1 May 2025

Ageing Better were among a partnership of organisations that delivered the recent Age-Friendly Futures Summit in Manchester, bringing together around 250 leaders, policymakers, practitioners and researchers from the UK and around the globe.

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The age-friendly role of Business Improvement Districts

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30 Apr 2025

There is huge untapped potential for Business Improvement Districts (BIDs) to play a pivotal role in making places more accessible and welcoming to us as we age.

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How to ensure that transport is age-friendly

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29 Apr 2025

The absence of good public and community transport can lead to older people being restricted in the way that they lead their lives.

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Is it time we stopped generational framing?

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28 Apr 2025

This week is Global Intergenerational Week, an awareness week encouraging everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships.

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An Age-friendly initiative has launched in Bournemouth town centre with a microgrant scheme for local businesses

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24 Apr 2025

It aims to make Bournemouth town centre more welcoming to older people alongside a microgrant scheme to help businesses make age-friendly improvements.

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Recruiting older workers can fill gaps in the labour market 

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23 Apr 2025

The hospitality, travel and leisure sectors offer positive employment opportunities for workers over 50, but those sectors are not always capitalising on this pool of older talent.

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Centre for Ageing Better to host UKRI research Fellow

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23 Apr 2025

The Centre for Ageing Better has been selected to host a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Fellow, whose remit will be to improve policy and decision making on healthy ageing.

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Latest Labour Market stats show government needs to show greater ambitions for older workers

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15 Apr 2025

The Centre for Ageing Better is part of a group of organisations is calling on the government to be more proactive in getting more older people into work if it wants to meet its manifesto pledges around economic growth.

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Latest research from others

Menopause in the workplace literature review
Department for Work and Pensions
This report examines how menopause affects women’s employment, employer responses, and economic costs.
Don’t forget about us. How disabilities and caring responsibilities affect low-to-middle income Britain
Resolution Foundation
This UK study explores how disabilities and caring responsibilities affect low-to-middle income families.
Rethinking community-based housing for older adults: a research agenda for spatial justice
Stossier, L., et al., International Journal of Housing Policy
This study examines community-based housing for minoritised older adults.

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