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Why The Apprentice is missing a trick by excluding older workers

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Carole Easton
24 Mar 2023

There have been more candidates called Alex than candidates aged over 40 since the BBC first launched The Apprentice in 2005.

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What we learned from working with over 50s facing redundancy

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Lucy Kenny
23 Mar 2023

For people who are being made redundant from life-long or long-term jobs, redundancy can be a major blow to their confidence and self-esteem.

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More than 100 employers sign up to become an Age-friendly Employer

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Centre for Ageing Better
22 Mar 2023

More than 100 leading organisations and businesses, including HM Treasury, the Department for Work and Pensions, and a number of Marriott hotels have already joined the scheme within its first 100 days.  

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More than 70 organisations call for a commissioner to ensure older voices are heard as population ages

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Centre for Ageing Better
21 Mar 2023

Ageing Better is one of four organisations leading the call for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing in England, in a newly-launched campaign.

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Budget is a missed opportunity but Chancellor right to overhaul employment system failing millions

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Centre for Ageing Better
15 Mar 2023

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has delivered his Spring Budget in which he expressed a desire to lift the economic inactivity levels among older workers.

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New scheme to help older workers in the West Midlands to bounce back from the shock of redundancy

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Centre for Ageing Better
14 Mar 2023

We're developing a new redundancy support service with FareShare Midlands, and funded by Barclays LifeSkills, to help stop older workers falling out of work for good.

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How we prototyped and co-designed redundancy support

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Lucy Kenny
14 Mar 2023

Through co-design and working with experts we've created a programme that puts the experiences of people going through redundancy at the heart of our work.

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How can Mayoral Combined Authorities make ageing better?

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Natalie Turner
13 Mar 2023

Mayors and Combined Authorities have the potential to play a big part in better ageing. This is what some of them are doing.

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Latest research from others

Our Future Homes: Housing that promotes wellbeing and community for an ageing population
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and Department of Health and Social Care
This report examines housing for older people in England, focusing on those in the lower to middle affluence market.
Cold homes in Wales: Is the satisfactory heating regime appropriate for health and well-being?
Public Health Wales NHS Trust and Bangor University
This report examines the Welsh Government's heating regime, focusing on the impact of cold homes on health and wellbeing.
Multidimensional civic engagement of older people
Vercauteren, T. et al, Innovation in Aging
This study examines the civic engagement of older people living across Europe.

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