How we're making Buckinghamshire more age friendly and the support we are offering older residents.
About Age Friendly Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire is part of the the national Network of Age Friendly Communities.
The Network is supported by the Centre for Ageing Better, and the Age Friendly Communities framework which was developed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) in 2007.
It proposes eight interconnected domains that can help to identify and address barriers to the well-being and participation of older people.
In Buckinghamshire, we use seven of the WHO domains as our main themes:
- outdoor space and buildings
- transport
- housing
- participating in society
- volunteering and employment
- communication and information
- community support for health and wellbeing
The eighth domain: respect and social inclusion is an important aspect throughout our work too.
We've established a partnership of public, private, and voluntary organisations to oversee the Healthy Ageing Strategy for Buckinghamshire.
For more information, email [email protected].
Healthy Ageing Strategy
The Council has outlined its commitment to helping older people in Buckinghamshire live healthy, active, and independent lives as set out in its Healthy Ageing Strategy.
The document sets out the vision for how Buckinghamshire aspires to be a place for all residents to enjoy growing older in an age-friendly community. The strategy also includes an action plan of how the vision will be achieved.
In the first year, the focus for Buckinghamshire is on two priorities - outdoor spaces and buildings, and participating in society.
Tell us what ageing well means to you
Year one of the Buckinghamshire Healthy Ageing Strategy (2024-2029) is underway – we want to hear from residents to help set the priorities for year two.
In 2023, we asked residents to help us set the key priorities for year one of the Buckinghamshire Healthy Ageing Strategy (2024-2029). You can view the outcome of the survey on Your Voice Bucks.
Based on the feedback we received, ‘participating in society’ and ‘outdoor spaces and buildings’ are our key priorities for year one.
Looking ahead to year two, we would like to understand what’s most important for people 40 years and over who live, work, and/or study in Buckinghamshire to live well as they grow older.
The aims of this survey are to:
- understand how people perceive the age friendliness of their community across all areas now
- identify opportunities for improvement
This will guide the priorities for year two of the Healthy Ageing Strategy and our supporting action plan.
Share your views
Complete the survey to tell us what ageing well means to you by 4 November 2024.
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