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ILC are recruiting a finance trustee
ILC – the UK’s leading authority on the impact of longevity on society – is recruiting a new finance trustee.
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Age UK London: “Help us protect the Freedom Pass”
In January 2026 the media reported that London Councils were planning to review the Older Persons’ Freedom Pass. Age UK London is asking people to voice their support and help prevent it from being lost.
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Healthy ageing… let’s hear it for the men fitness instructors!
While the majority of fitness instructors are ladies, the success of coaches like Lance Fermor shows that there’s a real demand for more older men to join their ranks.
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Probably the best resident-brewed beer in the world!
Residents at St Monica Trust in Bristol have been raising a glass to the successful launch of their own beer.
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Travel the big winner at this year’s Silver Marketing Awards
While there were category wins for Stannah, CareUK and the RSPCA at this year’s Silver Marketing Awards, there was a clear story to tell about which industry is hitting the brief best when it comes to marketing to the over 50s demographic.
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1.6 million older carers worry whether they’ll be able to keep providing support
In Carers Week 2025, Age UK is calling on Government to provide more support for unpaid carers and is highlighting the concerning position of our 2.1 million unpaid older carers (65+) who shoulder an enormous amount of responsibility, often without the support they need.
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Trust’s “community of innovators” plans to improve lives of older people
The St Monica Trust in Bristol has held the South West’s first-ever Healthy Ageing and Care Innovation Forum – with older residents playing a key role to make “co-design” a reality and not just an ambition.
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Urgent need to “ramp up dementia diagnosis and support”
A new report from ILC UK says that more than half of people with dementia are either undiagnosed or have no care plan. Improving dementia care and support, they say, could dramatically boost health, wellbeing – and even the economy. The new publication by the International Longevity Centre UK (ILC), supported by the Alzheimer’s Society…
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LGBTQ+ older Londoners in crisis – new report exposes hidden hardship
A new report, “Precarious Lives”, explores financial hardship among older LGBTQ+ Londoners. Here, its author Mark Sladen sets out how a lifetime of discrimination faced by older LGBTQ+ people can have a long-term impact on their financial wellbeing.
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Government’s spring statement “risks abandoning older people”
Hourglass is concerned that the welfare cuts, including a tightening of eligibility for benefits such as PIP, may leave “thousands of older and vulnerable people behind”.
