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Age-friendly Communities March 19th 2014 Alan Hatton-Yeo The Beth Johnson Foundation WHO Age-friendly City domains Social participation Respect and social inclusion Civic participation and employment Housing Transportation Outdoor spaces and public buildings Community support and health services Communication and information Age –Friendly Europe • EY 2012 European Year of Active Ageing and intergenerational Solidarity • Age-Platform Manifesto Age-Friendly Europe by 2020 • European Innovation Platform on Healthy Ageing D4 Action Group • Launch European Network for AgeFriendly Environments • Erasmus + • Horizon 2020 UK Urban Ageing Consortium launched July 2012 UK Age Friendly City Network launched September 2012, Includes Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast Formally affiliated to the WHO Global Network of Age Friendly Cities and Communities 2013 Learning Network with strong research and evidence basis for more Information go to www.bjf.org.uk/age-friendly National Ageing-Well Programme European Innovation Partnership on Healthy Ageing Reference Site Status Strategy for Older People 2013 - 2014 Structured on 5 core themes and based at the office of the Older Peoples Commissioner for Wales Age Friendly Communities Thematic Network Dublin Declaration and Commitments – all Local Authorities to sign formally WHO recognition in 2014 All Age-Friendly Wales Importance of Europe • Creating age-friendly communities goes beyond active and positive living and health needs, public health outcomes and the persistence of health inequalities. Through the adoption of an age-friendly approach to planning and decision making in all areas of public life, we are actively creating an environment that facilitates citizens’ social engagement regardless of their age. • “It may have been well-meaning, but we now talk and think about maternal health, child health, old people’s health, this artificial compartmentalization marginalises older people. By making us think about how we all link to each other, regardless of our age, age-friendly communities show us a different, more connected, future.” (Beard …quoted by Parry 2010)