Guest Blogs: Contributing to Communities

A collection of guest blogs about contributing to communities and volunteering in later life.

Older volunteers taking part in a creative workshop

We are working with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) and different sectors to explore how we can get more people involved in volunteering and community activity in later life. Read our latest blogs by Juliet Bouverie (Chief Executive, Stroke Association), Dawn Austwick (Chief Executive, Big Lottery Fund), Izzi Seccombe (Leader of Warwickshire County Council), and London's Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement - Matthew Ryder.

Contributing in our community gives those in later life meaning and purpose

Anonymous

21 May 2018

Duncan Selbie, CEO at Public Health England, reflects on the role of public health bodies in supporting more people in later life to contribute to their communities.

Encouraging older people to volunteer and get involved in their communities

Anonymous

25 Apr 2018

Juliet Bouverie, Chief Executive of the Stroke Association, blogs about her experience of chairing our recent Community Contributions in Later Life roundtable.

Community contributions roundtable hosted in Manchester

Empowering people in later life to contribute to their community

Anonymous

16 Apr 2018

Matthew Ryder, London’s Deputy Mayor for Social Integration, Social Mobility and Community Engagement, writes that programmes designed to support communities must involve those of all ages.

The V Word

Anonymous

19 Mar 2018

Dawn Austwick – Chief Executive of Big Lottery Fund – reflects on the recent Centre for Ageing Better funding roundtable in Manchester.

Woman gardening, Gorsehill, Greater Manchester

What motivates people in later life to volunteer?

Anonymous

28 Feb 2018

Izzi Seccombe, Leader of Warwickshire County Council, reflects on what motivates people in later life to volunteer and how local authorities can widen participation.