Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people without access to the internet were already at a severe disadvantage in terms of accessing essential goods, services, job opportunities and financial support. The pandemic has dramatically exacerbated this situation. People — many for the first time — have increasingly had to rely on the internet and digital devices to get things done, and to participate fully in society.
In this webinar we presented and discussed the key findings from our research with Citizens Online. The aim of the research was to explore the digital experiences of older adults, and the organisations supporting them during the pandemic.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/digital-skills-connect-webinar
In this webinar we'll examine the role that poverty plays in healthy ageing, and hear what organisations are doing to address this major determinant of health inequality.
This set of slides brings together findings from ‘The State of Ageing in 2020’.
We are offering this PowerPoint for use by others in your own presentations but we ask that you retain references to the Centre for Ageing Better.
In this webinar we explored what we can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic about how to support people to get online and stay online.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/road-recovery-bridging-digital-divide
In this webinar, hosted by the Good Home Inquiry, we examined how a digitally connected home supports and enhances a good home and how we can ensure more people are connected in ways that work for them in their existing homes.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-digitally-connected-home
In this webinar we discussed the Good Home Inquiry’s findings and recommendations, the policy priorities of the public and the next steps needed to improve our homes and improve the lives of millions of people.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-home-inquiry-report-launch
This webinar explored the challenges and opportunities for people ageing in rural and coastal places, the impact of the pandemic on rural communities and the action required to support their recovery.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/ageing-rural-place-webinar
One year on the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people approaching later lifeCentre for Ageing Better
In this set of slides, we present findings of our research on work, health, housing and communities, which look at the impact of COVID-19 on people aged 50-70.
In this webinar we'll examine the role that poverty plays in healthy ageing, and hear what organisations are doing to address this major determinant of health inequality.
This set of slides brings together findings from ‘The State of Ageing in 2020’.
We are offering this PowerPoint for use by others in your own presentations but we ask that you retain references to the Centre for Ageing Better.
In this webinar we explored what we can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic about how to support people to get online and stay online.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/road-recovery-bridging-digital-divide
In this webinar, hosted by the Good Home Inquiry, we examined how a digitally connected home supports and enhances a good home and how we can ensure more people are connected in ways that work for them in their existing homes.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-digitally-connected-home
In this webinar we discussed the Good Home Inquiry’s findings and recommendations, the policy priorities of the public and the next steps needed to improve our homes and improve the lives of millions of people.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-home-inquiry-report-launch
This webinar explored the challenges and opportunities for people ageing in rural and coastal places, the impact of the pandemic on rural communities and the action required to support their recovery.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/ageing-rural-place-webinar
One year on the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of people approaching later lifeCentre for Ageing Better
In this set of slides, we present findings of our research on work, health, housing and communities, which look at the impact of COVID-19 on people aged 50-70.
ILC-UK Future of Ageing Presentation Slides - 09Nov16 ILC- UK
On Wednesday 9th November 2016, ILC-UK held it's second annual future of Ageing conference.
We welcomed over 180 delegates made up of business leaders; charity sector experts; public sector decision makers; local authority staff; academics; and senior journalists.
The one day conference was chaired by Baroness Slly Greengross OBE and Lawrence Churchill CBE, and we heard from the following speakers:
- Dr Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO
- John Cridland CBE, Head of the Independent State Pension Age Review
- The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Lord Carey of Clifton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002
- Ben Franklin, Head of Economics of an Ageing Society, ILC-UK
- Professor Sarah Harper, Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
- Dwayne Johnson, Director of Social Care and Health at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dr Margaret McCartney, Author and Broadcaster
- John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
- David Sinclair, Director, ILC-UK
- Jonathan Stevens, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
- Linda Woodall, Director of Life Insurance and Financial Advice, and sponsor of the Ageing Population project, Financial Conduct Authority
10Apr14 - Ensuring communities offer what older people wantILC- UK
This seminar was held on Thursday 10th April 2014, 13:30 (for 14:00) – 17:00 on the topic is ‘Ensuring communities offer what older people want’, and focussed on the activities and interests of older people that need to be represented in our communities to ensure good quality of life and wellbeing for an ageing population. The results of these seminars will inform a solutions-focussed policy brief, looking at what needs to be done to create age-ready local areas. This brief will be launched in May at a full day conference on ageing in our communities.
In this seminar we considered what communities provide for older people and how these needs may change (or stay the same) as they age. We know from research on isolation and loneliness that social connections remain an important part of quality of life for many people as they get older, yet as the ‘loneliness epidemic’ continues to hit headlines it is clear that this is not being fully addressed in communities. Exploring how activities and services can maintain and build on social networks is key to maintaining wellbeing within the community.
Elsewhere, we explored the services, amenities and activities available to older people in their communities – from village shops, to post offices, to libraries and adult education classes, and how these enhance wellbeing for older people. A community can take many forms, and in this session we will also be considering the approaches to be taken from different kinds of setting – from urban to rural – and the challenges that lie in providing services to these distinct regions.
This seminar explored:
• How family connections, friendships and social ties can be supported and better integrated into community activities.
• What role do local services and shops play in building a community, what the future of these services looks like and what can be done to ensure they support ageing in the community?
• What activities are currently available for older people in their communities, and are these suitable or prepared for an increasing number of people accessing them? What else should be available?
• How we can ensure that fun and playfulness remain part of life when growing older in the community?
• How can we ensure that the experience of growing older remains at its highest quality across rural, town, suburban, and urban settings?
This webinar explored the motivators and barriers to physical activity for people in their 50s and 60s, and what might work to help people in this age group feel the benefits and get active.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/understanding-physical-inactivity-webinar
Nudge or Compel? Can behavioural economics tackle the digital exclusion of ol...ILC- UK
On the 29th November 2012, ILC-UK held the launch of a new report: ‘Nudge or Compel? Can behavioural economics tackle the digital exclusion of older people?’. This report, kindly supported by Nominet Trust, examines the factors which affect why older people do not get online, concentrating on behavioural choice. The launch was hosted by the Communications Consumer Panel.
Close to eight million adults in the UK have never used the internet, with the vast majority being older people. Over two fifths of those who have never been online are over 75. Previous work from ILC-UK has drawn attention to the nuances in why this digital divide continues; reporting in 2011 that for digital exclusion, factors such as psychological issues ‘appear to be more influential than material factors such as cost or lack of physical infrastructure’.
Within the last decade a strong policy trend has developed with the use of behavioural economics. Explored by Thaler and Sunstein in Nudge, this theory has been used in the development of programmes such as automatic enrolment in occupational pensions.
The introduction of the ‘digital by default’ agenda is likely to eventually result in reducing the alternative options for accessing public services and information. While resources have been funnelled into projects aiming to getting those not online connected, concerns have been raised that people who are disinclined to use the internet will be left without support and excluded from information and services.
During this event we heard from a number of experts in this area and approached the following questions:
-What potential is there for behavioural economics to ‘nudge’ people online?
-Has media literacy failed?
-Should we make more public services available exclusively online?
-How can we ensure that the digital by default agenda supports people to get online?
- How can we use digital technology in imaginative ways to re-think the challenges facing people in later life?
This webinar looked at how imagery shapes and reinforces negative attitudes to ageing, and explored current efforts to depict older age in a more positive and realistic light.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/putting-age-in-the-frame
We held an event to launch SOS 2020, supported by Aviva and Ernst and Young. This event was kindly sponsored by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA).
Last week the OBR Fiscal Sustainability Report noted that "public finances are likely to come under pressure over the longer term, primarily as the result of an ageing population. Under our definition of unchanged policy, the Government would end up having to spend more as a share of national income on age-related items such as pensions and health care, but the same demographic trends would leave government revenues roughly stable."
But whilst there is greater awareness of the fiscal challenges of ageing, there has been little progress in addressing an overarching plan to address the challenges. ILC-UK is launching SOS 2020 to begin to identify costed solutions to the fiscal challenges of ageing.
The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, in its 2013 report “Ready for Ageing”, began by saying “the UK population is ageing rapidly, but we have concluded that the Government and our society are woefully underprepared.”
SOS 2020 is a major new programme of work led by ILC-UK which will raise awareness of the need to adapt our economy and society to the big strategic challenges posed by an ageing population.
SOS 2020 will outline the specific policy measures needed to achieve this goal. It will illuminate the issues that face us and develop fully considered and costed solutions that will act as a “call to action” to policy-makers and politicians. Above all SOS 2020 aims to raise national and international awareness of problems and possible solutions in which we all have a vested interest.
In an increasingly interdependent world, there is a need to look beyond national shores for arguably collective consensus and joint solutions. SOS 2020 will give us the opportunity to do this.
ILC-UK launched SOS 2020 with specific projects exploring retirement income sustainability and healthcare sustainability.
This launch event gave delegates an opportunity to feed in their thoughts on how to ensure our public policy maximises the opportunities of our ageing society.
Hugh O'Connor, CEO of Age Friendly Ireland speaking from The National Homecar...myhomecare
This slideshow is from Hugh O'Connor, CEO of Age Friendly Ireland. Hugh recently spoke at Irelands first ever National Homecare Conference which took place on 28th March in The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.
On the 24th November 2015, we held our first annual conference on 'The Future of Ageing'.
During this full day conference we painted a picture of the future of ageing and explored the challenges and opportunities ahead. Through our unique lifecourse focus we explored the potential impact of ageing not just on today’s older population, but also on tomorrows.
We heard presentations from:
- Steven Baxter (Partner, Hymans Robertson);
- Lord Filkin (Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better and Chair of the House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change);
- Lord Willetts (Executive Chair at Resolution Foundation, and former Minister of State [Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]);
- Paul Johnson (Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies);
- Baroness Altmann (Minister for Pensions);
- Professor Jane Elliott (Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council);
- Professor Sir Mark Walport (Government Chief Scientific Adviser [GCSA] and Head of the Government Office for Science);
- Jim Boyd (Director of Corporate Affairs, Partnership);
- Elaine Draper (Director, Accessibility & Inclusion, Barclays);
- Mario Ambrosi (Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Anchor);
- Baroness Kay Andrews (Member of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) 2006-2009);
- Professor Ian Philp (Deputy Medical Director for Older People’s Care, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust).
The conference was chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross (Chief Executive, ILC-UK) and Lawrence Churchill (Trustee, ILC-UK).
This was the final event in the Population Patterns Seminar Series which explored the “silver separators”- divorce later in life.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics published in 2012 showed a huge rise in the divorce rate amongst those in their 60s, with an increase of 58% on the 2011 figure. The last 10 years have seen more and more older people part ways, despite divorce amongst the general population becoming less common. This has happened to such an extent that the over 60’s are now the fastest growing divorce group in the UK.
A variety of reasons have been suggested, including a reduction in the stigma surrounding divorce and couples no longer feeling obliged to stay together if their attitudes and needs change.
However, figures released by the ONS in June 2012 revealed that marriages involving older people were also rising faster than for other age groups – up by 21% for women and by 25% for men in their late sixties. Re-partnership is likely to be even higher than these figures suggest, as older people in a new relationship may not choose to remarry.
During the event the discussion explored a number of themes, including:
What factors have contributed to the rising rate of divorce amongst the over 60s?
How can older people’s relationships be better supported?
What challenges does ageing present to relationships?
How do care responsibilities effect relationships?
What are the potential ramifications of older couples separating?
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Throughout 2014, ILC-UK, supported by specialist insurance company, Partnership Assurance Group plc, is undertaking a series of events to explore the relationship between our changing demography and public policy.
The fourth event in this 'Population Patterns Seminar Series' considered the findings of our ‘Factpack’ of UK demographic statistics.
We all know that people are living longer but how is that likely to change our society? How will pensions be affected? How will we care for our growing older society when the traditional “working age” population is shrinking?
These types of debates are increasingly being played out in the media and in political circles but in order for such debates to be productive, they have to be well informed.
ILC-UK believes its 2014 ‘Factpack’ will support this process by highlighting the most recent evidence of our rapidly ageing society. Not only does it provide statistics on a range of critical topics from life expectancy to housing supply; and pensions to long-term care, it also includes a special focus on the current and potential future state of pensioner poverty.
The event was chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK) with a welcome from Steve Haberman (Dean of the Cass Business School). We were delighted that Gregg McClymont MP, Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions), spoke at at the launch event. We also heard presentations from Professor Les Mayhew (Professor of Statistics, Cass Business School), Steve Groves (Chief Executive of Partnership), Ben Franklin (Research Fellow at ILC-UK) and a response from Tom Younger of the Department for Work and Pensions.
During the discussion we explored:
How the UK’s demography has changed since the release of the 2013 Factpack and how it might change in the future,
How demographic change is reshaping our society,
The challenge of pensioner poverty,
Regional variations in the experiences of older people,
How policy makers should respond to these findings.
Agenda
16:00 - 16:30 Registration
16:30 - 16:35 Welcome by Chair, Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK)
16:35 - 16:40 Welcome by the Dean of Cass Business School, Professor Stete Habberman
16:40 - 16:50 Presentation from Richard Willets (Partnership)
16:50 - 17:10 Presentation from Gregg McClymont MP (Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions)
17:10 - 17:20 Presentation from Ben Franklin (ILC-UK)
17:20 - 17:30 Presentation from Professor Les Mayhew (Cass Business School) Presentation
17:30 - 17:35 Response from Tom Younger (Department for Work and Pensions)
17:35 - 18:25 Discussion/Q&A
18:25 - 18:30 Close by Chair, Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK)
18:30 - 19:15 Drinks reception
Village life: Independence, Loneliness, and Quality of Life in Retirement Vil...ILC- UK
On the 19th August, the ILC-UK held a launch event of a new research report “Village life: Independence, Loneliness, and Quality of Life in Retirement Villages with Extra Care” which considers the impact of retirement villages on independence, loneliness and quality of life of residents.
The report incorporates a survey of residents and compares the sample with a comparable group of non-residents living in private housing.
The report has been produced with the support of Bupa and Audley. Anchor provided additional survey respondents.
During the launch, Brian Beach, Research Fellow at ILC-UK, presented the findings of the research. Nick Sanderson, CEO of Audley, and Jeremy Porteus, Founder and Director or Housing LIN (Learning and Improvement Network), responded.
19 sept12 is social exclusion still important for older peopleILC- UK
The concept of social exclusion explicitly recognises that material exclusion is both caused by and causes exclusion from other domains essential for wellbeing, and builds on a longstanding tradition within public policy and social science research. However, the terminology ‘social exclusion’ is perhaps most synonymous with the former Labour government, with the coalition government having disbanded the Social Exclusion Unit Taskforce. In its place there exists something of a gulf in terminology to replace the usage of ‘social exclusion’ in policy-terms, although the concept itself continues to play some part in policy making, while the term itself is still widely used within academic research and in EU and UN policy
In comparison to children, young people, and families, social exclusion among older people has received little attention. This is despite the fact that it is perhaps among this group that the notion of social exclusion is most pertinent, with older people at high risk of social isolation and loneliness, as well as exhibiting substantial inequalities in income and housing. In addition, within the extant evidence base, there has been comparatively little longitudinal research into social exclusion patterns among older people.
At this event, ILC-UK presented the results from a report examining social exclusion among older people, 'Is Social Exclusion still important for Older People?', sponsored by Age UK. The work investigated trends in the number of socially excluded people, and examined their outcomes. Other speakers will also contribute to a debate that explores the underlying question of whether social exclusion should remain part of public policy and if ‘social exclusion is still important for older people’.
Agenda from the event:
08:15 – 08:30
Registration with Tea/Coffee/Pastries
08:30 – 08:35
Welcome - David Sinclair, ILC-UK
08:35 - 08:50
Is Social Exclusion still important for Older People? - Dylan Kneale, ILC-UK
08:50 - 09:10
Greg Lewis, Age UK
Justin Russell, Department for Work and Pensions
09:10 - 09:25
Debate
09:25 – 09:30
Close - David Sinclair, ILC-UK
Health equals wealth: How can the UK and EU work together towards healthy age...ILC- UK
At this webinar, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) explored how the EU and UK can work together on healthy ageing.
Public service and demographic change: an ILC-UK/Actuarial Profession joint d...ILC- UK
Full details of the event are available here: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/events/ilc_uk_and_the_actuarial_profession_debate_public_service_and_demographic_c
The live blog for this event is available here: http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2013/04/23/live-blog-public-service-and-demographic-change/
The road to recovery: bridging the digital divide Al Mathers
As Autumn sets in and many of us are now living with the impact of COVID-19, local lockdowns and social distancing as an ongoing reality, what does this mean for the UK and healthy ageing?
Digital inclusion will play an increasing critical role in the healthy ageing agenda, so what have we learnt about the challenges older people and organisations now face, is there a deepening the digital divide, and how can we work differently and collaboratively to ensure more older people can maximise the benefits of being part of a digital society to meet their personal needs?
Here are my slides from a recent presentation on this, given at the 'The Road to Recovery: Bridging the digital divide' webinar hosted by the Centre for Ageing Better https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/road-recovery-bridging-digital-divide
Queensland Speaking Tour: Learnings from the UKHelen Milner
Slides from speaking tour of Queensland in partnership with the Queensland Government. Digital exclusion denies people access to services, communication, savings, and inclusion in today's society. Tinder Foundation has supported almost 2 million people to cross the digital divide. These slides are a collection of various slides presented at a number of different speeches - so it's not one presentation, it's many.
ILC-UK Future of Ageing Presentation Slides - 09Nov16 ILC- UK
On Wednesday 9th November 2016, ILC-UK held it's second annual future of Ageing conference.
We welcomed over 180 delegates made up of business leaders; charity sector experts; public sector decision makers; local authority staff; academics; and senior journalists.
The one day conference was chaired by Baroness Slly Greengross OBE and Lawrence Churchill CBE, and we heard from the following speakers:
- Dr Islene Araujo de Carvalho, Senior Policy and Strategy Adviser, Department of Ageing and Life Course, WHO
- John Cridland CBE, Head of the Independent State Pension Age Review
- The Rt Rev. and the Rt Hon. the Lord Carey of Clifton, Archbishop of Canterbury 1991-2002
- Ben Franklin, Head of Economics of an Ageing Society, ILC-UK
- Professor Sarah Harper, Director, Oxford Institute of Population Ageing
- Dwayne Johnson, Director of Social Care and Health at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Dr Margaret McCartney, Author and Broadcaster
- John Pullinger CB, National Statistician, UK Statistics Authority
- David Sinclair, Director, ILC-UK
- Jonathan Stevens, Senior Vice President, Thought Leadership, AARP
- Linda Woodall, Director of Life Insurance and Financial Advice, and sponsor of the Ageing Population project, Financial Conduct Authority
10Apr14 - Ensuring communities offer what older people wantILC- UK
This seminar was held on Thursday 10th April 2014, 13:30 (for 14:00) – 17:00 on the topic is ‘Ensuring communities offer what older people want’, and focussed on the activities and interests of older people that need to be represented in our communities to ensure good quality of life and wellbeing for an ageing population. The results of these seminars will inform a solutions-focussed policy brief, looking at what needs to be done to create age-ready local areas. This brief will be launched in May at a full day conference on ageing in our communities.
In this seminar we considered what communities provide for older people and how these needs may change (or stay the same) as they age. We know from research on isolation and loneliness that social connections remain an important part of quality of life for many people as they get older, yet as the ‘loneliness epidemic’ continues to hit headlines it is clear that this is not being fully addressed in communities. Exploring how activities and services can maintain and build on social networks is key to maintaining wellbeing within the community.
Elsewhere, we explored the services, amenities and activities available to older people in their communities – from village shops, to post offices, to libraries and adult education classes, and how these enhance wellbeing for older people. A community can take many forms, and in this session we will also be considering the approaches to be taken from different kinds of setting – from urban to rural – and the challenges that lie in providing services to these distinct regions.
This seminar explored:
• How family connections, friendships and social ties can be supported and better integrated into community activities.
• What role do local services and shops play in building a community, what the future of these services looks like and what can be done to ensure they support ageing in the community?
• What activities are currently available for older people in their communities, and are these suitable or prepared for an increasing number of people accessing them? What else should be available?
• How we can ensure that fun and playfulness remain part of life when growing older in the community?
• How can we ensure that the experience of growing older remains at its highest quality across rural, town, suburban, and urban settings?
This webinar explored the motivators and barriers to physical activity for people in their 50s and 60s, and what might work to help people in this age group feel the benefits and get active.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/understanding-physical-inactivity-webinar
Nudge or Compel? Can behavioural economics tackle the digital exclusion of ol...ILC- UK
On the 29th November 2012, ILC-UK held the launch of a new report: ‘Nudge or Compel? Can behavioural economics tackle the digital exclusion of older people?’. This report, kindly supported by Nominet Trust, examines the factors which affect why older people do not get online, concentrating on behavioural choice. The launch was hosted by the Communications Consumer Panel.
Close to eight million adults in the UK have never used the internet, with the vast majority being older people. Over two fifths of those who have never been online are over 75. Previous work from ILC-UK has drawn attention to the nuances in why this digital divide continues; reporting in 2011 that for digital exclusion, factors such as psychological issues ‘appear to be more influential than material factors such as cost or lack of physical infrastructure’.
Within the last decade a strong policy trend has developed with the use of behavioural economics. Explored by Thaler and Sunstein in Nudge, this theory has been used in the development of programmes such as automatic enrolment in occupational pensions.
The introduction of the ‘digital by default’ agenda is likely to eventually result in reducing the alternative options for accessing public services and information. While resources have been funnelled into projects aiming to getting those not online connected, concerns have been raised that people who are disinclined to use the internet will be left without support and excluded from information and services.
During this event we heard from a number of experts in this area and approached the following questions:
-What potential is there for behavioural economics to ‘nudge’ people online?
-Has media literacy failed?
-Should we make more public services available exclusively online?
-How can we ensure that the digital by default agenda supports people to get online?
- How can we use digital technology in imaginative ways to re-think the challenges facing people in later life?
This webinar looked at how imagery shapes and reinforces negative attitudes to ageing, and explored current efforts to depict older age in a more positive and realistic light.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/putting-age-in-the-frame
We held an event to launch SOS 2020, supported by Aviva and Ernst and Young. This event was kindly sponsored by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA).
Last week the OBR Fiscal Sustainability Report noted that "public finances are likely to come under pressure over the longer term, primarily as the result of an ageing population. Under our definition of unchanged policy, the Government would end up having to spend more as a share of national income on age-related items such as pensions and health care, but the same demographic trends would leave government revenues roughly stable."
But whilst there is greater awareness of the fiscal challenges of ageing, there has been little progress in addressing an overarching plan to address the challenges. ILC-UK is launching SOS 2020 to begin to identify costed solutions to the fiscal challenges of ageing.
The House of Lords Select Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change, in its 2013 report “Ready for Ageing”, began by saying “the UK population is ageing rapidly, but we have concluded that the Government and our society are woefully underprepared.”
SOS 2020 is a major new programme of work led by ILC-UK which will raise awareness of the need to adapt our economy and society to the big strategic challenges posed by an ageing population.
SOS 2020 will outline the specific policy measures needed to achieve this goal. It will illuminate the issues that face us and develop fully considered and costed solutions that will act as a “call to action” to policy-makers and politicians. Above all SOS 2020 aims to raise national and international awareness of problems and possible solutions in which we all have a vested interest.
In an increasingly interdependent world, there is a need to look beyond national shores for arguably collective consensus and joint solutions. SOS 2020 will give us the opportunity to do this.
ILC-UK launched SOS 2020 with specific projects exploring retirement income sustainability and healthcare sustainability.
This launch event gave delegates an opportunity to feed in their thoughts on how to ensure our public policy maximises the opportunities of our ageing society.
Hugh O'Connor, CEO of Age Friendly Ireland speaking from The National Homecar...myhomecare
This slideshow is from Hugh O'Connor, CEO of Age Friendly Ireland. Hugh recently spoke at Irelands first ever National Homecare Conference which took place on 28th March in The Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin.
On the 24th November 2015, we held our first annual conference on 'The Future of Ageing'.
During this full day conference we painted a picture of the future of ageing and explored the challenges and opportunities ahead. Through our unique lifecourse focus we explored the potential impact of ageing not just on today’s older population, but also on tomorrows.
We heard presentations from:
- Steven Baxter (Partner, Hymans Robertson);
- Lord Filkin (Chair of the Centre for Ageing Better and Chair of the House of Lords Committee on Public Service and Demographic Change);
- Lord Willetts (Executive Chair at Resolution Foundation, and former Minister of State [Department for Business, Innovation and Skills]);
- Paul Johnson (Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies);
- Baroness Altmann (Minister for Pensions);
- Professor Jane Elliott (Chief Executive, Economic and Social Research Council);
- Professor Sir Mark Walport (Government Chief Scientific Adviser [GCSA] and Head of the Government Office for Science);
- Jim Boyd (Director of Corporate Affairs, Partnership);
- Elaine Draper (Director, Accessibility & Inclusion, Barclays);
- Mario Ambrosi (Head of Communications and Public Affairs, Anchor);
- Baroness Kay Andrews (Member of the House of Lords Built Environment Committee, Former Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Communities and Local Government) 2006-2009);
- Professor Ian Philp (Deputy Medical Director for Older People’s Care, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust).
The conference was chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross (Chief Executive, ILC-UK) and Lawrence Churchill (Trustee, ILC-UK).
This was the final event in the Population Patterns Seminar Series which explored the “silver separators”- divorce later in life.
Figures from the Office for National Statistics published in 2012 showed a huge rise in the divorce rate amongst those in their 60s, with an increase of 58% on the 2011 figure. The last 10 years have seen more and more older people part ways, despite divorce amongst the general population becoming less common. This has happened to such an extent that the over 60’s are now the fastest growing divorce group in the UK.
A variety of reasons have been suggested, including a reduction in the stigma surrounding divorce and couples no longer feeling obliged to stay together if their attitudes and needs change.
However, figures released by the ONS in June 2012 revealed that marriages involving older people were also rising faster than for other age groups – up by 21% for women and by 25% for men in their late sixties. Re-partnership is likely to be even higher than these figures suggest, as older people in a new relationship may not choose to remarry.
During the event the discussion explored a number of themes, including:
What factors have contributed to the rising rate of divorce amongst the over 60s?
How can older people’s relationships be better supported?
What challenges does ageing present to relationships?
How do care responsibilities effect relationships?
What are the potential ramifications of older couples separating?
Dr Simon Duffy of the Centre for Welfare Reform and UBI Lab Sheffield talks to members of NAWRA (National Association of Welfare Rights Advisors) about why he thinks the conflict over social security will turn into a choice between Universal Credit and Basic Income Plus. He describes some of the benefits of Basic Income Plus and also shares new research on the principles that should underpin the welfare system.
Throughout 2014, ILC-UK, supported by specialist insurance company, Partnership Assurance Group plc, is undertaking a series of events to explore the relationship between our changing demography and public policy.
The fourth event in this 'Population Patterns Seminar Series' considered the findings of our ‘Factpack’ of UK demographic statistics.
We all know that people are living longer but how is that likely to change our society? How will pensions be affected? How will we care for our growing older society when the traditional “working age” population is shrinking?
These types of debates are increasingly being played out in the media and in political circles but in order for such debates to be productive, they have to be well informed.
ILC-UK believes its 2014 ‘Factpack’ will support this process by highlighting the most recent evidence of our rapidly ageing society. Not only does it provide statistics on a range of critical topics from life expectancy to housing supply; and pensions to long-term care, it also includes a special focus on the current and potential future state of pensioner poverty.
The event was chaired by Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK) with a welcome from Steve Haberman (Dean of the Cass Business School). We were delighted that Gregg McClymont MP, Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions), spoke at at the launch event. We also heard presentations from Professor Les Mayhew (Professor of Statistics, Cass Business School), Steve Groves (Chief Executive of Partnership), Ben Franklin (Research Fellow at ILC-UK) and a response from Tom Younger of the Department for Work and Pensions.
During the discussion we explored:
How the UK’s demography has changed since the release of the 2013 Factpack and how it might change in the future,
How demographic change is reshaping our society,
The challenge of pensioner poverty,
Regional variations in the experiences of older people,
How policy makers should respond to these findings.
Agenda
16:00 - 16:30 Registration
16:30 - 16:35 Welcome by Chair, Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK)
16:35 - 16:40 Welcome by the Dean of Cass Business School, Professor Stete Habberman
16:40 - 16:50 Presentation from Richard Willets (Partnership)
16:50 - 17:10 Presentation from Gregg McClymont MP (Shadow Minister for Work and Pensions)
17:10 - 17:20 Presentation from Ben Franklin (ILC-UK)
17:20 - 17:30 Presentation from Professor Les Mayhew (Cass Business School) Presentation
17:30 - 17:35 Response from Tom Younger (Department for Work and Pensions)
17:35 - 18:25 Discussion/Q&A
18:25 - 18:30 Close by Chair, Baroness Sally Greengross (ILC-UK)
18:30 - 19:15 Drinks reception
Village life: Independence, Loneliness, and Quality of Life in Retirement Vil...ILC- UK
On the 19th August, the ILC-UK held a launch event of a new research report “Village life: Independence, Loneliness, and Quality of Life in Retirement Villages with Extra Care” which considers the impact of retirement villages on independence, loneliness and quality of life of residents.
The report incorporates a survey of residents and compares the sample with a comparable group of non-residents living in private housing.
The report has been produced with the support of Bupa and Audley. Anchor provided additional survey respondents.
During the launch, Brian Beach, Research Fellow at ILC-UK, presented the findings of the research. Nick Sanderson, CEO of Audley, and Jeremy Porteus, Founder and Director or Housing LIN (Learning and Improvement Network), responded.
19 sept12 is social exclusion still important for older peopleILC- UK
The concept of social exclusion explicitly recognises that material exclusion is both caused by and causes exclusion from other domains essential for wellbeing, and builds on a longstanding tradition within public policy and social science research. However, the terminology ‘social exclusion’ is perhaps most synonymous with the former Labour government, with the coalition government having disbanded the Social Exclusion Unit Taskforce. In its place there exists something of a gulf in terminology to replace the usage of ‘social exclusion’ in policy-terms, although the concept itself continues to play some part in policy making, while the term itself is still widely used within academic research and in EU and UN policy
In comparison to children, young people, and families, social exclusion among older people has received little attention. This is despite the fact that it is perhaps among this group that the notion of social exclusion is most pertinent, with older people at high risk of social isolation and loneliness, as well as exhibiting substantial inequalities in income and housing. In addition, within the extant evidence base, there has been comparatively little longitudinal research into social exclusion patterns among older people.
At this event, ILC-UK presented the results from a report examining social exclusion among older people, 'Is Social Exclusion still important for Older People?', sponsored by Age UK. The work investigated trends in the number of socially excluded people, and examined their outcomes. Other speakers will also contribute to a debate that explores the underlying question of whether social exclusion should remain part of public policy and if ‘social exclusion is still important for older people’.
Agenda from the event:
08:15 – 08:30
Registration with Tea/Coffee/Pastries
08:30 – 08:35
Welcome - David Sinclair, ILC-UK
08:35 - 08:50
Is Social Exclusion still important for Older People? - Dylan Kneale, ILC-UK
08:50 - 09:10
Greg Lewis, Age UK
Justin Russell, Department for Work and Pensions
09:10 - 09:25
Debate
09:25 – 09:30
Close - David Sinclair, ILC-UK
Health equals wealth: How can the UK and EU work together towards healthy age...ILC- UK
At this webinar, the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) explored how the EU and UK can work together on healthy ageing.
Public service and demographic change: an ILC-UK/Actuarial Profession joint d...ILC- UK
Full details of the event are available here: http://www.ilcuk.org.uk/index.php/events/ilc_uk_and_the_actuarial_profession_debate_public_service_and_demographic_c
The live blog for this event is available here: http://blog.ilcuk.org.uk/2013/04/23/live-blog-public-service-and-demographic-change/
The road to recovery: bridging the digital divide Al Mathers
As Autumn sets in and many of us are now living with the impact of COVID-19, local lockdowns and social distancing as an ongoing reality, what does this mean for the UK and healthy ageing?
Digital inclusion will play an increasing critical role in the healthy ageing agenda, so what have we learnt about the challenges older people and organisations now face, is there a deepening the digital divide, and how can we work differently and collaboratively to ensure more older people can maximise the benefits of being part of a digital society to meet their personal needs?
Here are my slides from a recent presentation on this, given at the 'The Road to Recovery: Bridging the digital divide' webinar hosted by the Centre for Ageing Better https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/road-recovery-bridging-digital-divide
Queensland Speaking Tour: Learnings from the UKHelen Milner
Slides from speaking tour of Queensland in partnership with the Queensland Government. Digital exclusion denies people access to services, communication, savings, and inclusion in today's society. Tinder Foundation has supported almost 2 million people to cross the digital divide. These slides are a collection of various slides presented at a number of different speeches - so it's not one presentation, it's many.
In this webinar we explored what needs to be in place to enable everyone to maintain, rebuild or grow social connections as we age.
Find out more: https://ageing-better.org.uk/events/community-connections-as-we-age
The role-of-digital-in-local-participation-ppLawrenceFinkle
On the morning of Tuesday 25 November OPM hosted a breakfast seminar on the role of digital in local participation, with speakers from across local government and the voluntary and community sector sharing their experiences of how they have used digital means to facilitate dialogue with citizens.
A changed world the new landscape of digital inclusion all digital summit 20...Al Mathers
Speaking at the ALL Digital 2020 Summit https://summit.all-digital.org/programme, this lightning talk covers the following: Coronavirus (COVID-19) changed the world. Digital instantly became a universal need, and those without it were the hardest hit. Lockdowns exposed the cost of digital exclusion more clearly than ever before, but what have we learnt as a result?
This talk tells the story of what has happened to people and the frontline digital inclusion support across the UK during the first wave of COVID-19 and lockdown. We describe the emergency response taken by Good Things Foundation and our network of community and strategic partners. We reflect on the need for digital inclusion in a post Covid world, the new audiences for digital skills emerging, and how grassroots adaptation and innovation has ensured support for those who need it the most. Finally we identify priorities, and challenges, for collective action.
My recent presentation at NPC's 'How can trustees support place-based approaches?' event. Learnings from our work for place-based digital social inclusion, theories of change from lived experience and recognising spheres of influence.
Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Internet Project, will describe the Project’s research on how patients and caregivers seek health information in the digital age and he will describe how people fit librarians into their general information needs as well as their specific health needs.
In this webinar invited experts examined what we know about the lives of older people from minority ethnic backgrounds, and what action is needed to address inequalities.
View slides from this webinar, which explored how you can capture photos that show the diversity of older people in realistic and authentic ways.
Find out more: https://ageing-better.org.uk/events/show-ageing-new-perspective
Access our Image library: https://ageing-better.org.uk/news/age-positive-image-library-launched
This set of slides brings together findings from ‘The State of Ageing 2022’, an online interactive report.
We’re offering this PowerPoint for you to use in your own presentations, but we ask that you retain references to the Centre for Ageing Better.
This webinar explored the motivators and barriers to active travel for people in their 50s and 60s, and by extension, what might work to get people in this age group walking or cycling as their default mode of travel.
Find out more: https://ageing-better.org.uk/events/best-foot-forward-understanding-active-travel
This webinar explored the importance of health, work and ageing, and what employers and government need to do to ensure that all employees are supported at work.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/health-work-healthy-ageing-webinar
A webinar hosted by the Good Home Inquiry, which explored how to overcome the financial challenges people experience when attempting to improve their homes.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/good-homes-for-all-who-pays
Age inclusive workforces: the business case and putting it into practiceCentre for Ageing Better
Together with the OECD, employers and thought leaders, we explored how we can maximise the benefits of multi-generational workforces as the economy recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/age-inclusive-workforces-webinar
The Road to Recovery: Lessons from community organisations’ role supporting o...Centre for Ageing Better
In this webinar, part of our ‘Road to Recovery’ series exploring learning from COVID-19, our panel will consider the importance of community organisations to making and maintaining social connections, support and opportunities to participate in our communities as we age.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/road-to-recovery-lessons-from-community-organisations
This webinar will follow the launch of a review of what we know about ageism, commissioned by the Centre for Ageing Better and conducted by Dr Hannah J Swift and Ben Steeden, School of Psychology, the University of Kent. The review summarises existing research about the role and impact of language and stereotypes in framing old age and ageing in the UK.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/events/webinar-ageism-age-related-stereotypes
What’s a fair way of distributing wealth through generations?
There are stark contrasts in people’s experiences of later life in terms of health, financial security and social connections. Failure to address these inequalities risks a future where an even smaller group of people experience a good later life. We want to explore what the economy and inequalities in society mean for people in and approaching later life, now and in the future.
This breakfast event explored wealth, our economy and inequalities, and what might be needed to help us all enjoy a good later life.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/news/economy-inequality-uk
A snapshot of ageing today and the later life prospects for people currently in their 50s and 60s.
Find out more: https://www.ageing-better.org.uk/state-of-ageing
In this presentation entitled 'Supporting age-friendly employment' the Centre for Ageing Better's Senior Programme Manager, Jemma Mouland, speaks about the reality of our ageing workforce at the LGA conference 'Skills, employment and inclusive growth: Can we deliver what our local economies need?'.
We held a panel event that explored what enables people to plan for their later lives, and the challenges they may face along the way. Dr Claire Preston, Anglia Ruskin University, explains the background to the evidence scoping review.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
Knowledge engineering: from people to machines and back
Digital skills to connect webinar slides
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Digital skills to connect
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected
digital skills training for older adults?
Thursday 8 July 2021
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Agenda
1. Welcome and introduction
2. Video
3. Key messages
4. Presentation of insights from the research
5. In conversation panel discussion
6. Q&A
7. Closing summary
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7 key messages
There is a significant digital divide among 50-70 year olds exacerbated by the pandemic
Digital inclusion is not just about being online, its also about building skills and confidence
Local and national organisations have had to adapt to continue to support users
There is a lack of awareness among older adults of the support that is available
Organisations need more financial and peer support in building digital inclusion
Remote support has benefits beyond the role played in the pandemic
Non-digital channels still need to be available
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Presentation of insights
from the research
James Beecher, Research Manager – Citizens Online
@jamesdbeecher
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“I live my life online, bank, shop, get info, news, Twitter,
Facebook, MumsNet etc. I have helped run a website and
Facebook group for years and meet clients online.
I appreciate there are some who don’t use
the internet but we are 60 and 65 and feel it’s wrong to
assume everyone in our age group is incapable”
60-64 year old woman, Yorkshire and the Humber
“As someone who is from the generation that developed the
internet and brought computing into everyday use in every
home and in people's pockets I am highly skilled and
experienced in computing and in internet use.”
50-54 year old woman, South West
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27% of 50-70s living on lower incomes were
not using the internet before the pandemic
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Over half of those that were not
internet users stated that they
don’t use the internet because
they “don’t feel the need to” or
“it’s not for me” (56%)
Pandemic hasn’t always been a prompt
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“At work, if something doesn't work, you ring your IT guy?
We can't do that… Having somebody you could ring to go
through [things like printers not connecting] with you, ‘press
this button, do that and that and that should reboot it’ or
whatever, that would be really helpful for people [like me].”
Margaret, 64, Greater London
“I often need assistance when something happens that I
don’t understand but don’t know where to go for help.”
Pat, 69, East Sussex
No obvious source of support
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“The older learners that we’ve helped
but I’ve not spoken to for years… they
kept my number and they’ve come
back again [during the pandemic]…
they’ve all come back because
there’s too much they haven’t
been able to do…”
John Curtin, North Manchester Community Partnership
Confidence
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Enabling people to access services without being online
Providing devices
Using referral networks/word of mouth
Reaching people via direct mail/paper-based information
Contacting people by telephone
Using digital systems internally
Developing specialisms in Digital Champions
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“Thanks to you and your
colleagues I’ve been able to
[use the internet] more than I
did before…. It’s a fantastic
freedom… keeps your life
going instead of just sitting
stagnating while this virus
ruins the world, you can go
out and see the world as it
was or as it could be….”
Michael, 64, Brighton
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In conversation with
James Beecher, Citizens Online
Rebecca Smith, Ageless Thanet
Sarah Parkes, Age UK
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Resources from Age UK and Ageless Thanet
www.ageuk.org.uk:
– Age UK’s “Making the most of the internet" resources
– Age UK Think Digital evaluation
– www.agelessthanet.org:
– Ageless Thanet digital inclusion event on 11th August
– Short video by Ageless Thanet on the breadth of digital
activities people have engaged with
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ageing-better.org.uk/publications
youtube.com/c/CentreforAgeingBetter
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Thank you
info@ageing-better.org.uk
@ageing_better