Publications
5050vision Business Plan 2009 - 2012
5050vision is pleased to release its Business Plan 2009 - 2012.
5050vision Conference Report 2006
Welcome to our 2006 Conference Report! 5050vision, Prime, Age Concern England, the Chambers of Commerce in the North West and the Regional Development Agency who all sponsored the Conference were delighted...
5050vision External Evaluation November 2007 - Executive Summary
External evaluators have presented very positive findings about the work of 5050vision. ...
5050vision External Evaluation November 2007 - Full report
External evaluators have presented very positive findings about the work of 5050vision. ...
5050vision Responds to the Consultation on the Regional Economic Strategy
The North West Development Agency (NWDA) leads the region in reviewing the 20 year rolling Regional Economic Strategy, every 3 years. The RES is developed in the context of a range of regional, national and European poli...
Advocate General rules against Heyday case
A news release by Personnel Today on 23 September 2008...
Adult Learning and Skills - Investing in the first steps
More detail on how, with our partners, we can accomplish our ambitions to deliver economic prosperity, social justice and stronger communities. This document is being published alonshide the Lear...
Age and the workplace
Putting the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006 into practice. This booklet describes the regulations and gives you guidance on how to implement them. An ACAS publication
Age Discrimination - a lived experience and the employer dimension
Published by the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce...
Agenda for Later Life - Public Policy and an Ageing Society
Age UK's audit of the way public policy is shaping later life. Published by Age UK February 2011
An Ageing Population, Impacts for the North West
North West Regional Research Laboratory, Lancaster University Published - 03/07/2000
Barriers to Employment
The employment levels for people aged over 50 in Blackburn with Darwen are significantly lower than for the general working age population. The 50+ Partnership along with the Borough Council commissioned research by the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) to identify the specific problems that local people are facing when trying to get back into employment.
Blackburn with Darwen 50+ Partnership Older People's Strategy 2011
The Strategy which has been agreed by the Local Strategic Partnership sets out the vision that all services and organisations are striving to achieve on behalf of people over 50 living in Blackburn with Darwen for the coming five years.
British Chambers of Commerce Report Work and Life
Work and Life: How business is striking the right balance...
Building a Society for All Ages - Consultation Response 02/2010
People are living longer: one in four children born today will live beyond 100. Our longer, healthier lives are cause for celebration but they do raise a number of challenges – in particular how we can enc...
Calling Time on Age Discrimination
A mini guide to age discrimination at work. Published by Age Concern...
CIPD Annual Survey Report 2006: Recruitment, Retention and Turnover
The 2006 recruitment, retention and turnover survey provides invaluable information on current and emerging people resourcing practice....
Debate of the Age in the North West - Final Report
North West regional report produced at the end of 1999 as part of the Debate of the Age event organised by Age Concern....
Demography, Migration and Diversity in the North West - Experian Report 01/2008
In September 2007 the NWDA commissioned Experian to undertake research to identify the key trends in demography, migration and diversity in the North West, the opportunities that these trends present and the ways in whic...
Department for Work and Pensions - 'Employer responses to an ageing workforce'
Key findings from the Department of Work and Pensions research into 'Employer responses to an ageing workforce' are published. Qualitative research with employers was carried out by independent researchers and a...
Dignified Care for Older People
A presentation made by UKAFA to Future North West
Dilnot Report - Fairer Care Funding
The Commission on Funding of Care and Support's report and recommendations for a fair and sustainable funding system for adult social care. Published July 2011
Don't Stop Me Now - preparing for an ageing population 07/2008
A report published by the Audit Commission, an independent watchdog, driving economy, efficiency and effectiveness in local public services to deliver better outcomes for everyone.
"As a force for improveme...
Employment and Enterprise among people aged 50+ in the UK - A summary of the principle research papers 1992-2010 10/2010 The aim of this document is to point researchers towards existing research papers and to avoid duplication of effort....
Empowering Engagement - the Government's Response to the Elbourne Review 02/2009
'Empowering Engagement: a stronger voice for older people', the Government's response to John Elbourne's Review of older people's engagement with government....
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012
End discrimination - open up training to older workers: TUC Assistant General Secretary, Kay Carberry
TUC assistant general secretary Kay Carberry told the www.equal-works.com web audience on 26 July that older workers should be able to take up apprenticeships. ‘Why aren’t apprenticeships more widely open ...
Engaging Older People (Archived)
The brief for the Engaging Older People Task Group was to examine ways in which the Forum could encourage active participation by older people in planning and decision making and do justice to the diverse range of ...
England's Northwest in Europe 2003 - 2008 Regional Successes
England's Northwest has played an active role in the European agenda over the past five years and included in this report are some examples of how we have worked to influence policy, maximise opportunities for engagem...
European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations 2012
DWP is the co-ordinating organisation in the UK for this European Year.
Everybody's Future - The North West Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
"Adopting an imaginative and age positive approach to strategic development stands to unlock significant economic and social advantages". "Policy makers have already begun to recognise the importance of th...
Everybody's future - The North West Regional Framework for Ageing Summary and Next Steps 04/2009
Summary of the Framework and the next steps by the key regional agencies to drive forward the recommendations from the Framework...
Everybody's Future - Regional Framework for Ageing Partnership Priorities 07/2009
The Regional Framework for Ageing represents a partnership response to demographic change and a commitment to its implementation and delivery by the Nor...
Fairer Care Funding
The Commission on Funding of Care and Support's report and recommendations for a fair and sustainable funding system for adult social care. Published July 2011
Framework for a fairer future - The Equality Bill 06/2008
This government is and always has been, the champion of equality in public policy and in representation in our democratic institutions....
Growing Old Disgracefully
This paper results from the joint CultureNW/5050vision Think Tank Event, held on 18 April 2007...
Healthier Horizons for the North West - our NHS, our future 05/2008
Healthier Horizons for the North West marks the culmination of a wide-ranging clinical review of health servies in the North West and is a formal response to Our NHS, Our Future, a national review of the health service l...
High Quality Care for All - The Darzi Report 06/2008
The final report of Lord Darzi's NHS Next Stage Review. It responds to the 10 SHA strategic visions and sets out a vision for an NHS with quality at its heart....
How to grow old without going bust: the need for efficient EU labour markets
A policy brief published by the European Policy Centre...
Implications of Ageing for Regional Policy
EPRC, Strathclyde University publishes European paper 'Implications of Ageing for Regional Policy'....
Indications of Public Health in the English Regions: Older People
This Indications of Public Health in the English Regions report on older people aims to describe the health and quality of life of older people living in Britain. By looking at their demography, mortality and morbidity,...
Indications of Public Health in the English Regions: Older People - Executive Summary
This Indications of Public Health in the English Regions report on older people aims to describe the health and quality of life of older people living in Britain. By looking at their demography, mortality and morbidity, ...
Intune
The first ever report to compare the lifestyles of todays over 50s with their counterparts in 1957....
In your lifetime
A report published by the National Housing Federation, sharing its vision of housing, care and support for an ageing society....
'Isolated' elderly missing out on adult education
Elderly people are at risk of being left lonely and isolated because they cannot access adult education, a leading charity has warned. The research by Help the Aged found that the majority of older people want to take...
Labour Market & Training Experiences of Older Workers in the West Midlands
"The aim of the project was to collect a robust evidence base from which the LSC can inform policies that impact older workers and learners. For the purpose of this research 'older' has been defined as 50 -...
Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society
The ageing of the population will be one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century for housing. This strategy sets out our response to this challenge, our plan to creat Lifetime Homes in Lifetime Neighbourh...
Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods - The Delivery Plan 12/2008
This publication is a follow up to Lifetime Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods: A National Strategy for Housing in an Ageing Society which was published in February 200...
Making better use of older workers
Published by the Centre for Research into the Older Workforce...
Managing resources in later life 02/2009
This report published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, explores the changing lives of older people and shows how resources are used to manage change and maintain stability....
Mandatory Retirement in the UK, Canada and the USA 02/2010
Mandatory Retirement in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States of America. This publication, edited and published by TAEN, draws on the dissertations of Casey Wunsch and Jaya Vimala Raman who were...
New research debunks traditional myths about age
Younger workers teach 'old dogs' new tricks - New research debunks traditional myths about age in the UK workforce. A study of older and younger workers carried out by the Department for Work and Pensions.
North West Enterprise Strategy 06/2008
The enterprise strategy published by the Northwest Regional Development Agency....
Old Europe, new Europe? Demography, labour markets & social policies by Katerina Rudiger
A Policy Brief issued by the European Policy Centre...
Older People and Health in the North West of England 12/2002
Francis Drever published 02/12/2002...
Older People and Wellbeing 07/2008
This report, the first in a series on older people and wellbeing from the Institute for Public Policy Research, describes some of the key social trends in the UK and assesses how these may be impacting on older people an...
Older workers in SMEs and Microbusinesses: Final Research Report 12/2009
In May 2009 5050vision and the NWDA commissioned a review of employer attitudes towards older workers (50+) and of the attitudes of older workers themselves in small businesses across the North West of England. ...
Olympic Legacy for Older People
Future North West is engaged with UKAFA on the Olympic Legacy for Older People
Planning ahead for a better future in the North West
Questionnaire which aims to map the organisations working with or for older people in the region; older people's networks;projects;regional policy & strategy work etc....
Population Timebomb 08/2008
An article by Ben Russell and Cahal Milmo, published in the Independent, Friday 22 August 2008
Presentation given by Ruth Hussey, Department of Health at the launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
Presentation given by Vivienne Stone, EHRC at the launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
Presentation given by Simon Wilkinson, Department for Work and Pensions at the launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
Presentation given by Michael Gallagher, 4NorthWest at the launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
Briefing note for Greg Burke, Government Office for the North West at the launch of the Regional Framework for Ageing 04/2009
Productive Ageing: The Changing Role of Older People in the Workplace
The Northwest Regional Development Agency carried out extensive research in 2003/04 on behalf of 5050vision to examine ways in which the changing demographic profile of the North West could beneficially impact upon th...
Regions for all ages: Age Proofing Toolkit
The Age Proofing Toolkit provides a comprehensive briefing and linked series of prompt questions to focus on the key issues presented by demographic ageing in the context of regional policy. It is intended to ensure that...
Review of the Default Retirement Age
The Age and Employment Network submission of evidence for the Department for Business Innovation and Skills review of the default retirement age.
Review of Older People's Engagement with Government
An independent review of older people's engagement with government by John Elbourne, commissioned by Mike O'Brien, Minister of State for Pensions Reform....
RIU Economic Activity Data
Single Equality Scheme - Department of Health 06/2007
The Single Equality Scheme is a public commitment of how the Department of Health plans to meet the duties placed upon it by equality legislation....
Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment
This paper has been developed by 5050vision, the North West Forum on Ageing, in response to the Skills Strategy Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) Consultation Document commissioned by the DFES and LSC....
Smallwood Report
The report shows that removing barriers to employment could ultimately enable 800,000 over 50s to rejoin the UK's workforce. A report researched and written for PRIME by Christopher Smallwood, former chief economis...
Smallwood Report - Executive Summary
The report shows that removing barriers to employment could ultimately enable 800,000 over 50s to rejoin the UK's workforce. A report researched and written for PRIME by Christopher Smallwood, former chief economis...
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Access to Services (Archived)
Consideration of how products and services will be used/accessed by older people is essential in order to ensure they can utilise the products and services which help them lead healthy independent lives.
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Community Safety (Archived)
Older people wish to live safe and secure lives both at home and in the community. The needs of older people should be specifically considered and provided for in any measures by police or other crime prevention practiti...
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Introduction (Archived)
The Re-designing Communities Task Group have produced a series of fact sheets and useful information - a toolkit - which is designed for people involved in all aspects of community planning. It aims to provide guidance o...
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Health and Social Care (Archived)
People are living longer and also healthier and more active lives but as the population ages, health and social care providers are having to plan for significant increases in demand from both the additional numbers of ol...
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Housing (Archived)
The implications of the ageing of the region’s population are huge, not least in terms of housing, because good quality housing is allied to health and well-being.
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Spatial Development (Archived)
The future location of housing and the access to shopping, healthcare and leisure facilities for the older and less mobile members of the population are of prime consideration in the planning and implementation of future...
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Transport (Archived)
As people grow older they become less mobile yet mobility is fundamental to independent living. Older people need access to reliable public transport services that enable them to get to the places they need.
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Bibliography (Archived)
Sustainable Communities Toolkit: Contacts (Archived)
The Age of Ageing: How demographics are changing the global economy and our world
The Age of Ageing: How demographics are changing the global economy and our world' is a new book by George Magnus, the Senior Economic Adviser at UBS Investment Bank. This book offers a powerful outlook at the ...
The Impact of Ageing on Public Expenditure
The European Commission has released a special report entitled 'The Impact of Ageing on Public Expenditure'. The report gives detailed descriptions of the projections on age related expenditure for the 25 Member States c...
Towards Common Ground
The Help the Aged Manifesto for Lifetime Neighbourhoods.
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Use it or Lose it - Obstacles to self-employment among over 50s
A study of the Obstacles to Self-Employment among over 50s in the East of England. A PRIME report....
Where Wealth Means Health
North West Public Health Observatory report on health inequalities in the North West.
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Pilot Research into the Idenification of Attitudes & Good Practice in the Management of Older Workers within SMEs and Micro Businesses
5050vision and Manchester Metropolitan University recently undertook a small pilot research study into 'Identification of Attitudes and Good Practice in the Management of Older Workers within Small and Medium sized ...
Work & Life: results of a survey on flexible working
British Chambers of Commerce have published the results of a survey carried out on flexible working....
Work Options Press Release
A new programme called Work Options, looking at approaches to retirement is being run in Halton and St Helens by Age Concern Training. A press release containing additional information can ...
World Class Skills - a summary of the Leitch Review of Skills
A roadmap, directing the UK towards World Class Skills by 2020...
