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NDTi were commissioned in April 2016 to conduct a four-year local evaluation of the Age Friendly Island Programme. ...

After many adventures, Bilbo moved from his independent life at Bag End to a retirement home. The House of Elrond in Rivendell provided him with a welcome and a safe space to age, write his...

Ageing Better Isle of Wight (known as Age Friendly Island) is a 5 year Ageing Better partnership funded by The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF).

Conducting a risk assessment for outings

Lifts are non-commercial, so do not involve money changing hands, apart from perhaps a small voluntary contribution towards petrol costs.

Like many of the Ageing Better partnerships in England, Ageing Better Isle of Wight (known as Age Friendly Island) is a multi-project Programme. This report explores how the Programme is working to reduce isolation by exploring how older people access, participate and move between the projects.

We are excited to be sharing a range of documents that highlight the key insights, lessons and stories from the Rural Wisdom evaluation as the project comes to the end of its first stage in the five rural communities in Wales (Milford Haven, Leeswood & Pontblyddyn) and Scotland (Eaglesham, Highland Perthshire, North Angus).

Update January 2020...

The Age Friendly Island project, delivered by Age UK IW and Community Action, is part of an Ageing Better partnership funded by The National Lottery Community Fund. The partnership aims to make the Isle of Wight a great place to grow older, encourage better relations between generations, and tackle social isolation and loneliness.

As part of this year's Mental Health Awareness Week and it's focus on body image we spoke to 5 people with lived experience to explore their differnt perspectives of how self image had an impact...