The Centre for Ageing Better is looking for examples of what encourages and what prevents people from taking part in voluntary and community activity, as well as insights into the particular challenges and barriers faced by underrepresented groups such as people on low incomes and those with long-term health conditions. It is looking for insights from both personal and professional experience, as well as evidence from formal research and evaluations.
The call for evidence will be open until the end of 2017. The views collected will feed into a series of roundtables early next year. They will also help shape the review’s practical recommendations being published next summer, which are designed to inform the work of government, funders, voluntary, public and private sectors.
Dan Jones, Director of Innovation & Change at the Centre for Ageing Better, said:
“We are looking for stories, experience and insights, both personal and professional. We want to understand how to encourage people in later life to get involved in their communities and stay involved. We’re interested in what motivates people to get involved, how they can be better supported, and where people and organisations are doing this well.
“Of particular interest to us is how to better support people on low incomes and those with long-term health conditions to contribute their time and talents in later life, as we know these people often face challenges to taking part.”
The survey is now closed.
