Ageing Better’s new Supporting Disabled Older Workers (SDOW) project is developing new policy and practice for Disabled people and people with long-term health conditions in their 50s and 60s to find and stay in work.
Dr Lorna Wang from the University of Surrey details the work a hospitality research project is doing to help more pubs and cafes become age-friendly spaces.
Every October, people across the world mark United Nations International Day of Older People (IDOP) to raise awareness of opportunities and challenges faced by ageing populations, and to mobilize the wider community to address difficulties faced by older people.
Today Chancellor Rachel Reeves set out a historic Budget, the first ever delivered by a woman, which will increase taxes by £40 billion as she promised to “fix the foundations” of the economy.
New data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show life expectancy in England and Wales for 2021-23 is significantly below pre-pandemic levels.
The Safe Homes Now campaign was launched earlier this year to highlight the consequences of England’s poor-quality housing for a range of different groups and persuade the UK government to fix this hidden housing crisis.