Working alongside people with lived experience and local stakeholders, we found out what's not working when it comes to providing employment support for over 50s.
Partnering with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and DWP, this project looks at developing effective approaches to providing employment support for over 50s.
New research has revealed that many 65-year-olds lost out financially when the state pension age rose to 66 – including older workers still in employment.
The number of older workers has not rebounded in the same way as other groups since the pandemic. Hertfordshire Independent Living Services is one organisation leading the way in supporting older workers.
This week, the government confirmed that it is looking to reinstate the triple lock guarantee on the state pension next April after its suspension for the 2022/23 tax year.
Employment support advisors taking part in the training project felt they were better able to instil confidence in older jobseekers and support them to tackle internalised ageism as a result.
The Upskilling employability workers project, a programme in Greater Manchester which trained employability workers in how to better support older jobseekers, was created to address the barriers to employability faced by older age groups.
This slide deck summarises the findings of new training for employability support advisors in Greater Manchester on how to better support older jobseekers.
A new report, commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better, reveals the number of 65-year-olds living in absolute income poverty more than doubled in the two years after the process to increase the state pension age to 66 began
