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Becoming an Age-friendly Community

Read Frequently Asked Questions and learn about the steps necessary to becoming an Age-friendly Community and joining the UK Network.
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How to help ensure older people can make the most of volunteering opportunities

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Rachel Monaghan
2 May 2023
Too many older people are missing out on the diverse benefits volunteering brings for both the volunteers and communities involved.
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Why we need to change how we talk about ageing

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Carole Easton
28 Apr 2023
Intergenerational Week 2023 launched this Monday, celebrating and highlighting opportunities for different age groups to come together and form intergenerational friendships.
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Neighbourhood networks: A model for community-based support

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Centre for Ageing Better
27 Apr 2023
Neighbourhood Networks (NNs) are community-based schemes offering a range of activities and services with the aim of improving health and promoting independence.
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Neighbourhood networks: A model for community-based support (Web version)

Neighbourhood Networks (NNs) are community-based schemes offering a range of activities and services with the aim of improving health and promoting independence
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Individuals need to call out ageism if discrimination is to be overcome, Older People’s Commissioner for Wales warns

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Centre for Ageing Better
25 Apr 2023
Ageism is still not taken as seriously as other forms of discrimination, Heléna Herklots CBE tells our Chief Executive Dr Carole Easton OBE.
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Fuelling intergenerational conflict will not solve the inequalities in society

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Carole Easton
24 Apr 2023
Newspaper headlines continue to add fuel to the fire in pursuing a narrative of imbalance within generations.
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How the media fuels negative views about older people and ageing

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Carole Easton
18 Apr 2023
Newspaper headlines everyday reinforce ageist stereotypes that ultimately impact how older people are treated by society.
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Uncontrolled power, not age, is the problem with faltering leaders

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Carole Easton
14 Apr 2023
When older leaders start to falter, age is almost inevitably brought up as a reason for their failing competency.
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Rudy's story - Modelling in older age

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Centre for Ageing Better
11 Apr 2023
Rudy Harding began modelling in his 60s, jetting across Europe and featuring in various advertising campaigns.
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