Delivery of Ambition for Ageing, a 7-year programme which aimed to create more age-friendly places and empower older people across Greater Manchest

A recording of our latest seminar, Supporting Older Members of Spatially Dispersed Communities of Identi

A recording of our latest seminar held Wednesday 9th March 2022, led by Dr Luciana Lang, MICRA, University of Manchester, is now available to

We are excited to share our new report which examines the legacy of Ambition for Ageing by drawing on the lessons learned over our seven years of s

On Tuesday 1st March 2022, we were joined by over 100 colleagues and friends to celebrate the impact and achievements of 7-years of Ambition for Ag

A new campaign to improve mental wellbeing and raise awareness of self-harm in older people.

In 2019, Ambition for Ageing hosted the Age-Friendly Challenge on behalf of The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

Manchester Art Gallery and Pride in Ageing at LGBT Foundationhave been working in partnership to create a Derek Jarman Pocket Park at the Mosley St

We are excited to share the organisations that are taking part in our Ageing Equally Dispersed Communities research project, which will look at how

LGBT Foundation is looking for two Part Time Pride in Ageing Officers who will assist the Pride in Ageing Manager with the running of our programme of work for over 50s. 

Pride in Ageing’s Rainbow Flourish December sessions will feature a Festive Quiz and a mince pie or two to celebrate the festive season! 

After having to close during the coronavirus crisis, Boddan Lodge Over 60s Club in Salford is re-opening with the

We are pleased to share a list of projects funded in the first and second round of our Supporting Ageing in Place microfunding programme.

LGBT Foundation’s Pride in Ageing programme and Southway Housing have supported two older drag queens to make their stage debut at Manchester Pride.

We are excited to invite you to attend our upcoming seminar,

We are excited to launch our new Social Eating Guide alongside

We have awarded up to £2,000 for 36 projects in specific neighborhoods across Greater Manchester (GM) to tackle social isolation, build social connections and make places across GM more age-friendly.

Come along and join in with our monthly activities or relax with a cup of tea and some cake while meeting other LGBT people in your local community. 

In September 2021 we are delivering a second round of our online practice based-workshops for anyone working to make neighbourhoods more age-friendly across Greater Manchester.

A new report launched this week by The University of Manchester’s Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing (MICRA) has revealed the challenge

Do you have an idea for a community project for older people?

A chance to hear from The Healthy Ageing Research Group based at the University of Manchester.

Researchers at the University of Manchester have launched a five-year research project which will bring together interdisciplinary approaches from

Pandemic Pressures summarises our research into how Greater Manchester equalities organisations have responded to the needs of older people during

We are seeking community groups and organisations to deliver projects of up to £2,000 in specific neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester to help

Translations of Keeping Well this Win

Ambition for Ageing have invested £50,000 into small projects across Greater Manchester to prevent social isolation of older people.

Our new report is an accumulation of the learning from the past six years of Ambition for Ageing.

Welcome to the latest issue of our e-bulletin which contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing rel

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Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded extension funding from The National Lottery Community Fund that will see the Ambition for Ag

Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

The GM Ageing Hub and partners have produced a campaign to support older people who are not online with practical information to keep well this win

Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

A new campaign will highlight the crucial roles older people have played in the city region during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

Our latest e-bulletin contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing related news and events.

Ambition for Ageing have released a new report to help build more effective social connection projects for older people during the new operating environment of COVID-19.

Between July and December 2020 GM BAME Network will be giving out a total of

New Ambition for Ageing report on growing older with learning disabilities. 

Featuring updates, news and resources from the Ambition for Ageing team and partners, and other ageing related news. 

Manchester Culture Champions, a programme led by the Royal Exchange Theatre, have published their summary and learning report. 

A unique new initiative will see creative kits full of things to do delivered to 16,000 older people across Greater Manchester thanks to funding fr

As a part of our Community Media programme, Alchemy Arts have helped elderly members of the Pakistani Community with the basics of using a smartphone through their TEK Eagles programme. 

GMCVO, working in partnership with 10GM, have launched the second stage of a grants programme

Welcome to the latest issue of our e-bulletin which contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing rel

From Tuesday 2nd June 2020 concessionary pass holders will no longer be able to travel for free on public transport before 9.30am on weekdays in Greater Manchester.

A generation that are sick of being misrepresented in the mainstream media have launched their own news site that is thriving in lockdown.

Welcome to the latest issue of our e-bulletin which contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing rel

A new booklet packed full of health and dietary advice for keeping well at home.

Mental health charities from across Greater Manchester have teamed up to create a new campaign, 

Welcome to the latest issue of our e-bulletin which contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing rel

The delivery phase of Ambition for Ageing ends today, 31st March 2020, in obviously very difficult circumstances.

Our lead organisation GMCVO is collating intelligence about the Greater Manchester VCSE sec

Peak time restrictions on concessionary tram and bus passes will be lifted during the early morning rush hour from tomorrow (Friday 20 March) to ma

Welcome to the latest issue of our e-bulletin which contains all the latest updates from Ambition for Ageing and our partners, and other ageing rel

The report sets out findings from a three-year research project aiming to understand the benefits and values of urban green infrastructure to older people.

Greater Manchester (GM) is an international leader in ageing.

A new report from social scientists and architects recommends inter-generational development for the Northern Gateway project.

Ambition for Ageing are a part of the working group 'Sexual Health of Older People’ (SHOP), along with Age UK, Age-Friendly Manchester (Manchester

An Ambition For Ageing project has launched a dedicated news platform started by people aged 50 and over across Greater Manchester who are changing

Greater Manchester is celebrating the success of its age-friendly neighbourhoods in making the city-region one of the best places in the world to grow older.

A small pot of money can generate change within neighbourhoods.

Our new project Cultural Routes is designed to champion and support artists and creative practitioners who are over 50 years of age.

Following two rounds of The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham’s Age-Friendly Challenge, we are now happy to announce that

Pride in Ageing has already made huge strides in helping to ensure that Greater Manchester becomes one of the best places for LGBT people to grow older.

Ambition for Ageing in partnership with GMCA (Great Place) and Manchester Museum is seeking a freelance consultant with knowledge of age-friendly c

Applications are now open for the Greater Manchester Culture Fund, which will support delivery of Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s strategy

As part of our Community Media programme,  

Castlefield Gallery announce bOlder, a talent development programme for contemporary visual artists* aged 50+, commissioned by GMCA as part of Grea

This is an opportunity for statutory colleagues to learn from Ambition for Ageing’s approach to delivering place-based working.

This seminar will consider how the use of shared spaces and places can address issues faced by children and older people, by looking at the Intergen model.

This is a senior role as a Lead Analyst within the research team, delivering evaluations and acting as a key liaison for the GM Ageing Hub and ageing strategic priority.

The International Longevity Centre (ILC) have released an interim report on the longevity econo

The team of community reporters have produced the latest edition of The Record newsletter and a podcast.

Do you run or know of a community transport scheme in your area?

Campaigners from across GM want to change the record on what people think of growing older.

We have been working to understand what an age-friendly transport network looks like, what challenges older people face and what older people think the transport priorities should be.

We are delighted to announce who will be delivering a research project as part of our Ageing Equally? programme. 

Physical activity can reduce the risk of falls by up to 37% and dementia by up to 30%, yet 4 in 10 Older Adults in GM are inactive.

The Mayor of Greater Manchester has issued the second round of his Age-Friendly Challenge to make Greater Manchester the best place in the UK to grow older.

The Centre for Ageing Better has a unique opportunity for a collaborative and innovative individual to join the team in Greater Manchester as the n

The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction have published a report which features Ambition for Ageing work on resilience in an ageing Greater Manchester.

On Valentine’s Day 2019, Age-Friendly Manchester and Ambition for Ageing along with colleagues from the universities, voluntary organisations and h

This seminar will consider how we use public spaces in our communities, neighbourhoods and wider towns and cities.

The seminar will be an opportunity to hear about, and discuss, the development of the GM Age-friendly programme, and the next phase of the GM strat

Three organisations have been selected to deliver the Culture Champion project in Bolton, Bury and Salford. 

A seminar to explore the findings of a review of Community Contributions in Later Life.

We are helping Greater Manchester meet the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction commitments for the International Sendai Framework.

Transport for Greater Manchester and the GM Ageing Hub commissioned research to further understand what an age-friendly transport network looks like.

Thirty-two neighbourhoods across Greater Manchester have been officially recognised as age-friendly by the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham.

TLC: Talk Listen, Change are looking for a Research Assistant to drive forward our Social Eating programme for older people across Greater Manchest

Date: Wednesday 20th March 2019

Time: 2:00pm - 3:30pm ( doors open at 1:30pm)

We are delighted to report that we have appointed the following three organisations to work with us on the two Community Media programmes; Subcultu

Ambition for Ageing has released a report titled Building Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods in Greater Manchester which 

We are delighted to launch Culture Champions GM. Ambition for Ageing has developed this work in partnership with the Great Place GM project.

Ambition for Ageing has today released a report titled Resilience in an Ageing Greater Manchester, looking at the needs of older p

Our social infrastructure - the shared spaces and public places that form a part of our everyday lives - are often overlooked, yet are a crucial part of our communities on many levels, particularly for reducing neighbourhood exclusion among older people.

If you are able to help us promote the challenge, we are using Older People’s Day - today, Monday 1 October - as an opportunity to remind people of the challenge, and to encourage people to take part.

The International Day of Older Persons is celebrated annually on October 1st, and is also known as Older People's Day.

The winning bids following our recent Collective Effect tender exercise can now be announced.

We are pleased to announce that the Greater Manchester’s Age-Friendly Challenge application form is now online.

Manchester Museum and Ambition for Ageing, supported by the Big Lottery Fund’s Ageing Better programme, are delighted to be recruiting for this brand new post.

Title: Loneliness in later life: social problem, public health problem or moral problem?

The first of our Autumn/Winter 2018 seminar series, delivered as part of the Ambition for Ageing programme.

We are looking to build a partnership that brings organisations with different specialisms together to create and deliver a compelling multi-platform 12-month media campaign.

Our Subculture programme seeks to fund the creation and development of media projects themed around older people’s specific hobbies, activities and/or experiences.

This year Silver Sunday falls on Sunday 7 October - lots of activities are being planned, read more about how to get involved.

 Ambition for Ageing is working with Greater Manchester’s Chief Resilience Officer and colleagues as part of the 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) to feed into the Greater Manchester Resilience Strategy

Our delivery partner is currently recruiting a project officer to lead on this programme which will be focus on Bury communities, with head office support from Oldham.

The Older People’s Housing Champions Group, working with Care & Repair England and other UK organisations, has published a series of Ideas for Action guides.

Greater Manchester, the UK’s first age-friendly region, staged its first Festival of Ageing from 2 July to - 15 July. Over 8000 people attended over 350 events across Greater Manchester.

We are delighted to announce that we have awarded the Social Eating contract to Talk Listen Change  who will be working with seven partner organisations on the project.

The Growing Older with Learning Disabilities (GOLD) contract has been awarded to Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and their three partners.

If you are planning on taking part in the Mayoral age-friendly challenge, here is some further information about next steps.

With Manchester's first Festival of Ageing launching today, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has issued a challenge to find the most age-friendly places and projects across the city region.

On 11 June almost a hundred people came together for a day of constructive interactive collaboration and planning organised by Ambition for Ageing under the theme of 'Age Friendly Communities in Practice.’

PROJECT OFFICER - CONTRACTS  Deadline for applications: 9am, Tuesday 3 July

If you are aged 50 and over and live in Greater Manchester, don’t miss the chance to join in one of this summer’s liveliest and loveliest events – the Festival of Ageing, 2 to 15 July.

Collective Effect seeks to fund the exploration and development of new and transformational methods designed to increase the levels of active citizenship in local communities.

This comprehensive research report was commissioned to help us to assess the potential for using community media as a way of reducing social isolation in the over 50s.

Have you registered yet for your free wristband and festival brochure for Greater Manchester’s Festival of Ageing running from 2 to 15 July 2018? If you are aged over 50 and live in Greater Manchester, then this festival is for you!

This is the third in the Spring/Summer series of MICRA seminars delivered as part of the Ambition for Ageing programme. It will be delivered by Dr Charles Musselwhite.

This seminar will share current ongoing research undertaken at the University of Manchester by Natalie Cotterell and Kingsley Purdam. It will look at how social isolation is measured and how we can better understand its impact on peoples' lives

For organisations who are looking to work in partnership on our Social Eating scaled programme we have uploaded a list of the contact details of organisations that attended the recent Bidder Engagement event.

Wigan Making Space is looking for two job coaches to work on our new Working Potential project.

GMCVO have been working with VCSE Equalities organisations and colleagues from the GM Health and Social Care Partnership to co-produce a new approach around Equalities.

Our latest report - written by researchers Dr Camilla Lewis and Natalie Cotterell at The University of Manchester – is calling for more research into the experiences of older Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people in Greater Manchester.

he Festival of Ageing is taking place from 2nd July to 15th July 2018. Individual main events in seven towns across the celebration fortnight are now confirmed.

First Manchester is urging all concessionary pass holders to check that their passes are valid and working before 1st April 2018 to ensure they can continue to travel on their local bus services for free.

The Festival of Ageing 2018 will take place across Greater Manchester between the 2nd and 15th July 2018 and will be a celebration of positive and diverse images of ageing.

The report of the GMOPN transport conference held in January 2018 has now been published.

Can your organisation demonstrate a successful track record in developing community projects? Are you interested in helping us launch and evaluate social eating schemes for older people across Greater Manchester?

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has today launched his age-friendly strategy.

Ambition for Ageing has today launched a ground breaking programme that seeks to significantly reduce social isolation for older people with learning disabilities.

Ambition for Ageing has published a new briefing titled Asset-Based Approaches and Inequalities, looking at the risks to inequalities asset-based approaches can have.

Contract brief - Ambition for Ageing Technical Support for Research and Evaluation - additional support required. Deadlines for submission of expressions of interest and quotations for work to be received by 12 noon, Wednesday 21 March.

On 1 February the University of Manchester Alliance Manchester Business School welcomed Dr Anna Dixon, the Chief Executive of the Centre for Ageing Better, for their annual Grigor McCelland lecture.

Ageing populations has been named as one of five key themes in the University of Manchester's new recruitment drive for early career researchers.

Your chance to participate in a historic, inspirational and permanent record of women and their achievements

The GMOPN housing manifesto is a recently-produced report that has been created from a blend of experience and workshop discussions involving GMOPN, Ambition for Ageing, MACC and the Manchester based charity, Care and Repair

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Older BAME (Black, Asian and Minority ethnic) residents experience social isolation for a variety of reasons. This seminar will discuss findings from recent research as to why this is taking place and how it might be alleviated.

We are recruiting for a Project Manager: Employeer Engagement for our exciting new scaled programme, Working Potential, which will support carers over the age of 50 into employment.

Following our recent news about the first successful contract award of our new Community Navigator (CN) brokerage service, we are pleased to announce that British Red Cross and Southway Housing have been appointed to lead two similar projects.

Ambition for Ageing has today issued an invitation to tender for an exciting new action research project called Working Potential.

Action on Hearing Loss is recruiting two community navigators for a new Ambition for Ageing project seeking to reduce social isolation for people living with deafness.

Manchester Cares is seeking an entrepreneurial, creative, versatile and determined fundraiser to leading the vital Community Fundraising programme at this exciting new organisation.

The first of our three Community Navigator contracts, created to help people over 50 with hearing loss feel less isolated, has now been appointed.

Following an open tender exercise, we have recently appointed contractors for our Festival of Ageing and Community Media initiatives. News about successful Community Navigator appointees will follow shortly.

GMCVO has launched a competition to secure providers for the first three Ambition for Ageing Scaled Programmes to be delivered across the eight dis

In Autumn 2016, Ambition for Ageing called for evidence to inform our process of identifying programmes that have a proven track record in reducing

Scaled Programmes are a number of projects that have been developed out of four design workshops held in early 2017.

Update 5/7/17: Since we went public on what we’re commissioning for the first round of scaled programmes, several people have approached us with op

Here are the project ideas that were developed out of our four recent workshops.

Building on the Growing Older in My Greater Manchester event in January (see report

In January 2017, the Ambition for Ageing programme launched a series of events entitled 'Growing Older in My Greater Manchester.'  The first event

The Greater Manchester Ageing Conference 2017, organised by the Greater Manchester (GM) Ageing Hub, saw the first ever ageing conference held on a

University of Manchester Geographer Dr Sarah Lindley is leading a new research looking at the impact of green public spaces on the health and wellb

Professor Chris Phillipson has published a report outlining a strategy to help Greater Manchester become the first ‘age-friendly region’ in the Uni

What factors affect our experiences of our intimate relationships as we grow older? This report by Dr.

This report from GMCA & New

Following a fully booked launch event on 24th January 2017 (

Ambition for Ageing launches the design process for their £2.5million 'Scaled Programmes' with an exciting engagement event on 24th January 2017.

We will be launching a £3 million programme of work to make Greater Manchester’s neighbourhoods more age-friendly and need your help!

The Centre for Ageing Better has joined GMCVO as a member of the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub.