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New online hub helping Plymouth residents to age well

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Older couple walking in a park

A new Ageing Well online hub filled with information to help residents as they grow older has been launched by Plymouth City Council.

The new hub has been created as part of the city’s Ageing Well programme which aims to make Plymouth a place where everyone is supported and empowered to live life to the fullest.

The launch of the hub comes on International Day of Older People (1 October) which aims to raise awareness of the opportunities and challenges faced by ageing populations, and to mobilise the wider community to address difficulties faced by older people.

Councillor Mary Aspinall, Cabinet Member for Health and Adult Social Care, said: “People are living longer which means there are more older people in our population now. Our Ageing Well programme is about making Plymouth a great place for people to grow old and changing people’s perspectives.

“Ageing is a privilege, not a problem to be solved. We want to support people to live healthy and independent lives and to be valued members of the community as they grow older and we know that the earlier that people receive this support, the more positive the impact. Our new hub contains a wealth of information to help people in Plymouth make the most of life.”

The new hub contains information about:

  • Age Friendly places and spaces
  • Help and advice
  • Employment, skills and volunteering opportunities
  • Travel
  • Health and wellbeing.

Visit the new Ageing Well Hub.