Our task is to act as a Global Observatory and the National focal point and catalyst for research and innovation by companies, universities, research and development centres. It is a tangible collective of UK and Global Intelligence around ageing and longevity, which we are committed to identifying, collating, and sharing.
Its research examines how gender differences in the earlier life course, in terms of paid work, family, housing and social relationships, influence the ability of people to live fulfilling and socially engaged lives.
Visit websiteConducts research into living well with dementia. The Institute designs dementia-friendly buildings, gardens, urban spaces and transport networks where those with the condition and their carers can live with meaning and purpose.
Visit websiteAims to establish the world’s premier centre for healthy ageing and living, becoming an international flagship and focal point for UK healthy ageing, science and innovation. Located on a 30-acre site owned by Newcastle University, the campus boasts co-location of scientific research with business facilities for research, product and service development, residential units for testing and evaluating new approaches to independent living, innovative care provision and skills development.
Visit websiteRecently ran the ‘Innovating for Ageing’ programme which aimed to identify solutions to address the challenges faced by ageing consumers at risk of vulnerability due to physical disability, serious illness, dementia or financial exclusion. Up to £10,000 and specialist business support was available to the selected winners to help develop their proposition.
Visit websiteRecently established an innovation function which will aim to support core service innovation as well as explore how to support wider, ageing-focused innovation. Independent Age have been supporting the testing, development and now scaling of the Reconnections service – a Social Impact Bond funded partnership of local organisations, specialist providers and wider stakeholders working together to reduce loneliness in Worcestershire.
Visit websiteFounded in 2014 and brings together some of the best creative minds in Britain to help organisations release the social and economic value of all-age thinking. It helps organisations build an intergenerational workforce and find the right narrative to communicate with their customer base.
Visit websiteThe Alzheimer's Society has an accelerator programme to fund innovations and inventions that could help people affected by dementia to live better. Funding of up to £100,000 is available.
Visit websiteA non-profit, non-partisan US organisation that empowers people to choose how they live as they age. AARP and Age UK, founded the Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH) as an independent collaborative created to provide trusted information on how you can maintain and improve your brain health.
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