Ageing Better

Today we release our State of Ageing 2025 infographics. These 40 free infographics are arranged in the same themes as our State of Ageing report: financial security, demographic changes and trends of our ageing population, older people's experience in work, ageing and health, the quality of England's homes and older people's contributions to society. We welcome other organisations, researchers, and individuals using these infographics on social media or in workshops as a collaborative and interactive way of exploring the report rapidly. Download here: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/stat… #AgeingInEngland #AgeingInTheUK #OlderAge #Ageing #Age

The Coming of Age exhibition at @ExploreWellcome will explore experiences and perceptions of ageing, from adolescence to later life, and asks how societies can adapt for us all to age better. We looking forward to this important exhibition, having helped contribute to its creation. "It is fantastic that Wellcome Collection have chosen such an important topic for their next exhibition and we were delighted to have the opportunity to help contribute to the exhibition by drawing upon our institution’s ten years of knowledge on this topic." Says our Senior Evidence Manager for Research, Impact and Voice, Dr. @AideenYoung Read more here: ageing-better.org.uk/news/exhibitio… #AgeingBetter #WellcomeCollection #Ageing #PositiveAgeing #Event

Good Home Hubs provide one-stop-shop services on all aspects of home repairs and adaptations, with support and signposting on everything from finding trusted tradespeople and identifying what work needs to be done, to how to finance repairs and improve energy efficiency. This report examines how the implementation of a Good Home Hub can improve living conditions, reduce health risks and help people remain safe in their homes. Download the evaluation here: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/year… #GoodHomes #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Housing

Download our new 'A year of a Good Home Hub in Lincolnshire: Interim evaluation'. The report presents findings from the first year of the Good Home Lincs pilot - a local Good Home Hub in Lincolnshire designed to help residents repair, adapt and maintain their homes. It examines how the implementation of a Good Home Hub can improve living conditions, reduce health risks and help people remain safe in their homes. Download here: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/year… #GoodHomes #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Housing

Our new toolkit is designed for employers to support people over 50 through restructure and redundancy. This resource provides an overview of an age-friendly approach, equipping HR teams, line managers and those commissioning or delivering redundancy support with the tools to better support the needs of the older workforce throughout the process. Find out more by downloading the toolkit on our website: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/rest… #OlderWorkers #OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #Toolkit #AgeingBetter

Today, we welcome our Good Home Network members to the Good Home Network Conference 2026. With speakers from Campbell Tickell, @LSEnews and @Ageing_Better, our members will receive exclusive early insights from the first year of delivery of our Good Home Hub pilot, Good Home Lincs. We will be launching the findings at our webinar on the 18th March, Effective home improvement: Learning from a year of Good Home Hubs in Lincolnshire. Sign up to our webinar here: ageing-better.org.uk/effective-home… #SaferHomes #Housing #Event #Webinar #AgeingBetter

A huge welcome to all new organisations who have joined our Age-friendly Employer Pledge in the month of January! These employers have committed to creating a more inclusive workforce and want to reap the benefits of an age-diverse team. Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly-e… #ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing

Our new press release examines how the nation’s healthy life expectancy has continued to decline significantly since the end of the pandemic. Recently, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published new data showing the number of years people born in the UK could expect to spend in “good” general health. The new data shows that healthy life expectancy has dropped to the lowest levels in the UK since records began 15 years ago while the gap between different local authority areas is also at record highs for males and joint record highs for women. “Getting older is part of the human condition. If we live, we age. Our later years shouldn’t be experienced as a time of misery and hardship. We therefore urge government to look at the problems that affect older people and act accordingly.” Says our Evidence Manager, Sarah Wilkinson. Read more in our news story: ageing-better.org.uk/news/healthy-l… #Ageing #AgeingInTheUK #AgeingInEngland #AgeingPopulation #AgeingSociety

A huge welcome to all new organisations who have joined our Age-friendly Employer Pledge in the month of December 2025! These employers have committed to creating a more inclusive workforce in their own workplaces. Interested in signing up too? Find out more: ageing-better.org.uk/age-friendly-e… #ThankYou #PositiveAgeing #OlderPeople #OlderWorkers #Ageing

Have you signed up to our Ageing Better newsletter? Keep up to date with the very latest news about our work and events, as well as research about ageing. Our next newsletter will land this Thursday, be sure to sign up so you don't miss out. Register here: ageing-better.org.uk/enews #ENews #Newsletter #AgeingBetter #Ageing #OlderPeople

Have you signed up to our Ageing Better newsletter? Keep up to date with the very latest news about our work and events, as well as research about ageing. Our next newsletter will land this Thursday, be sure to sign up so you don't miss out. Register here: ageing-better.org.uk/enews #ENews #Newsletter #AgeingBetter #Ageing #OlderPeople

It’s absurd that our experience is perceived as a hindrance rather than a positive in the workplace. Yet we hear this time and again. One person told us: “I’ve seen so many jobs asking for ‘bundles of energy’… You know what they’re saying: they don’t want older people.” These kinds of everyday, ageist comments limit careers and opportunities. For example, comments like 'dinosaur', ‘fresh talent’ or ‘young blood’. Too frequently the skills, talent and experience of older people in the workplace are overlooked. Will you question ageism - and the outdated assumptions made about older people - so that we can all #AgeWithoutLimits? Find out more about our new @agewithoutlimit campaign at agewithoutlimits.org #Ageing #Ageist #PositiveAgeing #Age

At our Pledge Connections '25 event, Heidi Allan, Head of Financial Wellbeing tells us why LCP thought it was so important to sign the Age-friendly Employer Pledge. If you want to create a welcoming workplace for 50+ workers, and for everyone, sign the Pledge today. Find out more here: ageing-better.org.uk/employer-pledge #AgeFriendly #OlderEmployers #PledgeConnections25 #OlderEmployees #OlderWorkers

Over the next decade diversity in sexual orientation among older people is set to increase rapidly - based on the number of older people in their forties and fifties. The latest Census found that almost five times as many people aged 45 - 64 (294,000), identified as Lesbian, Gay Bisexual or “other” sexual orientation” (which includes pansexual and asexual for example) – (LGB+), compared to people aged 65 or over (60,000). "When I hear that the numbers of older people identifying as LGBT+ are increasing, it's exciting to think that we'll be more commonplace in future!" Says Mindy, part of the Ageing Better Experts by Experience Network. The fact that the latest census results predicts a rapid increase in diversity of sexual orientation among older people in this country is a reason to celebrate. But to meet this growth there will need to be much greater consideration of the needs of older LGBT+ people. All too often, mainstream services fail to meet the needs of older LGBT+ people.  This challenge has been met by LGBT+ people themselves through, for example, innovative LGBT+ affirmative retirement communities such as @tonichousing in London and a coproduced scheme in Manchester - but more needs to be done. By recognising and celebrating diversity in ageing, and addressing inequality, we hope to influence change so that ageing better can be a reality for everyone. Read more in our blog: ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/lgbt-com… #LGBTHistoryMonth #OlderLGBTPeople #Ageing #AgeingSociety #OlderAge

"Nothing was in the flat, and nothing was in the kitchen, nothing. It was rotten. (My housing officer) asked the constructors, look, this kitchen, this is not good, do something for her. But it takes such a long time." Says Amtul, an older woman. This #RaceEqualityWeek we're spotlighting our report with @raceequality which examines the structural barriers preventing racially minoritised people like Amtul from accessing home improvement services. Find out more here: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/uneq… #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Housing #SaferHomes

At our Pledge Connections '25 event, Executive Director at @meaapni, Jenny Marshall tells us about the inspiring employers she met at the event. If you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to network with like-minded people focused on age-inclusion in 2026, sign the Age-friendly Employer Pledge now. More information here: ageing-better.org.uk/employer-pledge #PledgeConnections25 #OlderWorkers #OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees #Ageing

New Labour Market stats today show a 0.1 percentage point rise in employment rate for older workers aged 50-64 to 71.7% over the past year. There are now 11.2 million people aged 50 and over in work. This age group now forms 32.7% of the workforce, up from 32.3% a year ago and from 30% in 2015. While the employment rate gap between the 35-49 and 50-64 age groups has narrowed over the past 12 months from 14.1 percentage points to 13.4 percentage points, this gap remains higher than pre-pandemic levels. To tackle this gap, we need to see the government take a more specific and tailored approach to boosting 50+ employment. Economic inactivity, people not employed nor actively looking for work, in the 50-64 age group declined by 0.6 percentage points to 25.9%. This is because more individuals are actively seeking work, causing unemployment in this group to rise by 0.7 percentage points to 3.3%. The employment rate for 65+ workers rose from 12.2% to 13.2% - the largest year-on-year increase of any age group. This growth is likely influenced by the rise in the state pension age to 66 in recent years. Earnings for workers aged 50-64 now stand at 87.8% of those aged 35-49, a slight rise from 87.6% in November but below the 90% level seen a decade ago. Workers aged 65+ earn 51.2% of the 35-49 age group’s earnings, a notable increase from around 40% a decade ago. We need more tailored employment support for 50+ people and more age-friendly employers to stop our country wasting a huge amount of talent, skills and experience by denying older workers the chance to stay in jobs or find new ones. Find out more about unemployment and employment support on our website: ageing-better.org.uk/unemployment-e…

At our Pledge Connections '25 event, John Kiernan, our Age-friendly Employer Pledge Network Manager, tells us about the benefits of joining our supportive network. Sign up to the Age-friendly Employer Pledge and commit to creating a more inclusive workforce and to be the first to hear about our future events. More information here: ageing-better.org.uk/employer-pledge #PledgeConnections25 #AgeFriendly #OlderWorkers #OlderEmployers #OlderEmployees

"Latest figures show that older people remain more likely than younger adults to be happy with where they live, with more than four in five people aged 65 and over satisfied with their local neighbourhood." Says our Evidence Manager for Research, Impact and Voice, Sarah Wilkinson. Read more about Age-friendly communities in our blog: ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/communit… #AgeFriendlyUK #Ageing #Communities #AgeingCommunities #AgeingSociety

We know that access to safe homes is not equal across different groups. Black respondents are twice as likely as White respondents to report that their children have needed medical treatment linked to issues like damp, cold and mould in their home. We need to act now to ensure that everyone has access to safe homes. No one should be living in a home that puts their health and wellbeing at risk. Our new report with @health_equals examines the impacts of living in homes that are cold, damp and mouldy. Find out more here: ageing-better.org.uk/resources/safe… #SafeHomesNow #SaferHomes #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #Ageing

Is your home suitable for your needs? "There are currently 12.8 million more Disabled people than there are accessible homes, leaving many people without the homes they need." Says our Campaigns and Public Affairs Manager for Homes, Christos Tuton. Read more about the major ‘accessibility gap’ in today’s housing market with not enough accessible homes across the country in our blog: ageing-better.org.uk/blogs/homes-fi… #OlderHomeowners #OlderTenants #AccessibleHomes #Accessibility #Age