How-to guide: Running a Pension Credit uptake campaign

How to encourage greater participation in events for the International Day of Older People

The Good Practice Mentors offer support to organisations who are working with older people to help reduce instances of loneliness and social isolation.

How to be an Age-friendly Business: A framework for customer-facing settings

This framework has been developed to communicate what it means to be an age-friendly business and organises a broad range of ideas into the key steps any business can take to become more age-friendly.

How local authorities can support older people’s substantial contribution to local communities

This article first appeared in the Municipal Journal on 20 June. Local government faces unprecedented funding challenges, presenting difficult decisions on where to make savings. This can lead to an increase reliance on digital solutions and cuts to community resources.

International Day of Older People - 1 October 2024

Join the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities in celebrating the integral role of older people in our communities, this International Day of Older People.

The enormous contributions older people make to society – and the barriers holding them back

Older people’s contributions to their communities are invaluable - they matter for the wellbeing of older people and their families, as well as for their neighbourhoods.

Five people on the beachThe winning photo of North Norfolk’s Age Positive Photography Competition. ’Red Hat Ladies’ by Sally Redgrave.

How Age-friendly Communities celebrated the Age Without Limits Action Day 2024

The first Age Without Limits Action Day brought together an array of events and activities helping to change perceptions about ageing.

Five ways Age-friendly Communities are taking intergenerational approaches

This week sees the start of Global Intergenerational Week, a campaign encouraging everyone to embrace intergenerational practice and relationships.

Age-friendly on a budget: A selection of good practice from the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities

Becoming a more Age-friendly Community doesn’t have to cost the earth, writes our Age-friendly Communities Learning Officer Rebecca Lines. In fact, it can often be a matter of doing what is already happening, with your ageing population in mind.

Age Without Limits

Age-friendly Employer Pledge

Safe Homes Now

The State of Ageing 2023-24

How-to guide: Running a Pension Credit uptake campaign