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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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We must tackle ageism if we want to achieve gender equality

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Carole Easton
8 Mar 2023

For International Women’s Day, we look at how gender stereotypes, discrimination and bias all become more damaging and detrimental for women as they get older.

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Chancellor must act to help alleviate misery and mental strain of energy costs

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Centre for Ageing Better
27 Feb 2023

The significant lowering of the energy price cap gives the Chancellor greater financial flexibility to protect under-strain households from a rise in energy costs this spring.

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The Spring Budget could be a spark to get over 50s back in the workplace

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Emily Andrews
22 Feb 2023

We take a look at four key policies that have been suggested to tackle economic inactivity among older workers.

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Latest research from others

Men’s Social Connectedness in Later Life: A Qualitative Study with Older Men
Pereira, H. et al., Geriatrics
19 May 2024
This paper explores older men’s views on social connectedness in later life. Using qualitative data from 104 interviews with Portuguese men aged 65 or older, it outlines difficulties experienced…
‘The boots will be on the coffin!’: multiple meanings of ageing for older people playing walking football
Thomas, G. M., Ageing and Society
24 Apr 2024
This paper looks at how older people reflect on the meaning of ageing whilst participating in sports and leisure activities. Based on interviews with 65 adults over the age of 50 living in the UK, it…
Growing older in Wales. Perspectives of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic older people
Older People’s Commissioner for Wales
20 May 2024
This report outlines the lived experiences of Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic older people living in Wales.

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