Ageing Better Isle of Wight - Final Evaluation Report
Improved wellbeing, reduced social isolation, a better place to grow older and reduced costs to health and social care.
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Ageing and Older People
Rural Wisdom Evaluation - The value of connection in light of COVID-19
This short report shares the experiences and reflections of the Volunteering Matters Cymru team leading the Rural Wisdom project in Wales on the impact the COVID-19 Pandemic has had upon their work.
Age Friendly Island Evaluation
Ageing Better Isle of Wight (also known as Age Friendly Island) was a five-year (2015-2020) partnership funded by the National Lottery Community Fund that aimed to make the Isle of Wight a great place to...
The Last Homely House
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 memoirs and build his friendships before taking ship to the Undying Lands. It was his Last Homely House.
Conducting a risk assessment for outings
Conducting a risk assessment for outings
DBS Flowchart for Lift Sharing
Lifts are non-commercial, so do not involve money changing hands, apart from perhaps a small voluntary contribution towards petrol costs.
Working to reduce isolation: What is working in a multi-project Programme?
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.
Rural Wisdom Evaluation, Key findings, January 2020
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).
Becoming an Age Friendly Island
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.
Getting the rights right in housing
Our recent Housing Round Table in Newcastle discussing people’s equal rights to live independently in communities brought together a great range of voices of those living in supported housing as well as those providing and regulating it.