News archive
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Your chance to inspire, engage and empower younger people with The Access Project
The Access Project has been enabling young people from underrepresented backgrounds to realise their potential, and access top Universities for the last 15 years – and want to hear from anyone who would like to volunteer their time and lend their experience to “make a change”.
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Housing 21 completes England’s largest “net zero volumetric” retirement living scheme
Built offsite at M-AR’s factory in Hull, the scheme adopts “low carbon specification” to meet the Future Homes Standard and 2050 net zero targets.
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Investment in preventative health key to longer working lives
Across the G7 the UK leads the way in long working lives: But the wealthy world faces a long-term workforce crisis due to demographic change, argues the International Longevity Centre, and we still need to work another three to seven years to become a world leader and help our economy adapt to longer lives.
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Open University launches two free courses to improve the care of older people with learning disabilities
The Open University has launched two free courses aimed at supporting professionals and families who care for older people with learning disabilities.
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Take Five to Age Well: empowering each of us towards longer, healthier lives
Do you want to live well for longer? You are in the right place as a new, nationwide project aims to give the nation longer, healthier lives.
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A unique way to pay for residential care… without selling your home
Every year, thousands of elderly people and their families face the conundrum of how to pay for care home fees – which can typically be between £40,000 and £50,000 a year. We talk to Jeremy Nixey of Alliance member Shaw Lifetime Care, part of the charitable Shaw Foundation, about the unique option they offer.
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6.6 million people worry they wouldn’t know how to support their older parents
New research from Age UK as part of its “Know What to Do” campaign” highlights the anxieties and challenges millions of adult children face when it comes to supporting older parents.
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Financial fears and access barriers prevent one-third of those over 60 from spending
A new report by the leading think tank on demographic change, the International Longevity Centre (ILC), pinpoints an increasing economic trend among people aged 60 and over in the UK.