Ageing Better’s Director for Communications and Policy, Emma Twyning, discusses her conversation with the founder of Ageism Is Never In Style & The Bias Cut, Jacynth Bassett.
The need for better representation is highlighted by new survey we have carried out jointly which reveals nearly nine in ten (88%) women say over 50s are represented ‘poorly’ in adverts, films and on TV.
The Centre for Ageing Better and global stock image library Alamy have announced the winners of their joint photography competition to demonstrate the diversity of older age groups.
This week Sir Keir Starmer gave a speech on the future of country’s health system, promising under a Labour government there would be a new direction for the NHS, that would fix the fundamentals, renew its purpose and make it fit for the future.
The new legislation requiring employers to provide a week’s unpaid leave for carers could make a real difference in helping older workers to balance work and caring duties.