Age-friendly Sheffield
An Age-friendly Sheffield is an inclusive city. A city that supports people of all ages to live well. A city that values and respects people of all ages. It’s a healthy, well connected, social, prosperous and fun place to live. It's the kind of city that you want to grow older in.
We are uniting the 8 domains of an age-friendly city with Sheffield's 8 priority areas. Together we are building a city that we can all thrive in as we grow older.
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WHO Age-friendly Cities and Communities
Age-friendly Cities and Communities is a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative launched in 2006. The initiative aims to drive local cities and communities to foster and support active and healthy ageing. The...
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What does it mean for Sheffield?
In 2019, in partnership with Sheffield City Council, we led the successful application for Sheffield to be part of the WHO’s global age-friendly network. Since then, we have partnered with organisations and individuals across the city, paving the way...
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100 Sheffield Voices
As we come out of the pandemic, Age-friendly Sheffield offers a unique opportunity to rethink how citizens and communities play an active role in what Sheffield needs to best...
100 Sheffield Voices
We are on a mission to speak to 100 people who live in Sheffield, and ask them what they think about Sheffield's 8 priority areas and what their vision for an Age-friendly Sheffield is.
Find out what they had to say here Have your say here