State of Ageing 2019 infographics

The State of Ageing in Leeds: What life is like for people aged 50 and over in Leeds

This report has been produced by Leeds City Council, Leeds Older People’s Forum and the Centre for Ageing Better, and looks at what life is like for people aged 50 and over in Leeds.

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How a bus journey in Leeds adds ten years to your life

Life expectancy in Leeds increases from 75 to 85 along the bus routes from Harehills to Wetherby and other affluent suburbs, according to new report highlighting inequalities in the city.

Guide launched to help comms professionals talk about ageing

We've launched a new guide to support communications professionals and charities to represent ageing in a more positive and realistic way.

How can we develop a national post-pandemic resilience programme?

The Centre for Ageing Better and The Physiological Society launched a new joint report ‘A National Post Pandemic Resilience Programme: Supporting older adults to recover from the pandemic’.

Interim report: Improving employment support for over 50s in Greater Manchester

In partnership with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions, we're working to improve the economic activity rate among people aged 50 to State Pension age.

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How can we better support over 50s into work?

What's important for people aged over 50, and how do work and learning fit into these priorities?

Youngest baby boomers risk becoming a ‘forgotten generation’ with inequality skyrocketing and financial pressures worsening

Our new report finds that people in their 50s and 60s today face worse circumstances than the cohort before them, with 1 in 5 people in this age group likely to face multiple, long-term problems.

Boom and bust? The last baby boomers and their prospects for later life

This report shows that prospects for people currently in their 50s and 60s have worsened considerably across many key aspects of life – such as health, work, housing and finances – when compared to people who were at the same age at the turn of the millennium.

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State of Ageing 2019 infographics

Our State of Ageing 2019 report uses publicly available data to give a snapshot of what life is like for people aged 65 and older today, while looking at key areas: work and finances, housing, health and communities.