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Preview Group photo from the Age-friendly Cultural Cities Exchange Programme

Using creativity to improve health and wellbeing in later life

Blog
29 Nov 2018
An age-friendly cultural exchange in the Netherlands took place, where successes and challenges were shared by colleagues and cultural visits were had.
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Charities risk running out of volunteers

Blog
Dan Jones
21 Nov 2018
Volunteering needs to be flexible enough to fit around changes to people’s lives, like ill health, bereavement or the need to care for loved ones.
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Age is just a number: Views among people aged 50+ in the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Nov 2018
This analysis of the most recent data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, carried out by the Centre for Ageing Better, shows attitudes about ageing taken from a sample of more than 6,000 people aged 50 and over in England.
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Lower paid over-50s the most pessimistic about ageing, new analysis shows

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Centre for Ageing Better
20 Nov 2018
People in lower-paid jobs and those who are unemployed are more likely to feel negative about ageing than their higher-paid peers.
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We need to think carefully about pensions support for self-employed workers

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19 Nov 2018
Self-employed people can face different challenges to the employed worker, from fluctuating income due, ill-health or the need to invest to grow – all of which can make it difficult to plan their savings.
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Economy and inequality in the UK

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Ellie Gotay
16 Nov 2018
What’s a fair way of distributing wealth through generations?
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Preview Women gathered at a table having tea and biscuits and using a tablet.

What makes the glue that keeps our communities connected?  

Blog
Claire Turner
16 Nov 2018
At Ageing Better, we want to ask how we can ensure that we live in connected communities as we age.
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Prevention means more than a free apple a day

Blog
Anna Dixon
14 Nov 2018
There needs to be more investment and policy action to help people, particularly in mid-life onwards, to stop smoking, have a better diet, drink less alcohol and do more exercise.
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Preview Older Indian male volunteer in hospital setting.

Government funding to help pilot, develop and share better ways of supporting older volunteers

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Centre for Ageing Better
12 Nov 2018
The Centre for Ageing Better will award Government funding of up to £250,000 to pilot better ways to sustain lifelong involvement in voluntary and community activities and attract more diverse older volunteers.
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Field of flowers in an allotment

Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering fund

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Centre for Ageing Better
6 Nov 2018
The Age-friendly and inclusive volunteering fund has been set up to develop and document models of good practice in supporting older people’s voluntary and community activity.
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