Resources

Here you can find links to other organisations that are working in creative ageing. This is not an exhaustive list, but shows a selection of national and international activity and resources.​

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CADA’s Resources

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UK and Ireland Creative Ageing Organisations

Bealtaine Festival Ireland’s national celebration of the arts and creativity as we age.

Gwanwyn Welsh annual festival celebrating creativity in older age.

Luminate Scotland’s creative ageing organisation.

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Creative Ageing

Age Friendly Standards Family Arts Guidance on welcoming older generations for cultural organisations

Celebrating Age Arts Council England programme to support older people’s access to arts and culture

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Ageing Policy and Programmes

Ageing Better Programme £78 million investment by the National Lottery Community Fund addressing social isolation and loneliness

Centre for Ageing Better Charitable foundation creating change in policy and practice working with partners across England

Centre for Policy on Ageing Independent charity promoting the interests of older people through research, policy analysis and the dissemination of information

Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance National membership organisation representing everyone who believes that creativity and cultural engagement can transform our health and wellbeing

What Works Wellbeing Independent collaborating centre that develops and shares robust and accessible wellbeing evidence to improve decision making

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Research and Publications

Baring Foundation The Baring Foundation supported a wide range of research and publications during its 10 year creative ageing programme (2010-2019)

Centre for Cultural Value National research centre based at the University of Leeds working alongside cultural organisations and policymakers

Creative Aging Resources Lifetime Arts’ info hub with resources from around the US

University of Bristol – Connecting through culture as we age is a major project exploring how and why we take part in arts and culture as we get older. The project focuses on how participation in all forms of arts and culture, particularly those accessed digitally, can influence our wellbeing and feelings of social connection as we age.

University of Oxford – Social prescribing for older people in the time of COVID drawing on the cultural sector explores how the cultural sector has adapted to support older people’s wellbeing during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research will provide recommendations to the cultural sector about being ‘referral-ready’ (O’Neill, 2010) for social prescribing with older people in the context of the current pandemic and future ones.

Amy Baron – Beyond Older Age gives age friendly teams creative tools to better understand everyday lives of older people. Produced with Greater Manchester Ageing Hub, CADA and Ambition for Ageing.

Kathleen Soriano – Secrets of Success Report for the Clore Leadership Programme. The report asks the question – how do older female workers, previously in leadership positions within museums, libraries and galleries, approach building a career post institutional life? What sustains them and supports their success, and what led them to make the change in the first place?

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International Research

UN Global Report on Ageism Global report on the scale, determinants, and impacts of ageism and the most effective strategies to reduce it

World Health Organisation – UN Decade of Healthy Ageing 2021-2030 Global collaboration to foster healthy ageing and improve the lives of older people, their families, and communities

Old School – US based clearinghouse of free and carefully vetted resources to educate people about ageism and help dismantle it.