Evidence library
Ageing Better: Programme Summative Report
Summative evaluation of Ageing Better, assessing outcomes, system change and learning across 14 partnerships.
A Better Start: Responding to Covid-19
Report on how A Better Start adapted during COVID‑19, using early evidence and partnership learning.
Revisiting Place in Youth Social Action
A learning report for the #iwill Fund on place-based youth social action. It explores how local partnerships support young people in their communities.
New Directions for Youth Social Action
This report sets out the contribution the #iwill Fund Learning Hub made to youth social action and how this can be introduced to new organisations.
Ageing Better: Learning from our COVID-19 response to enhance future delivery
Lessons from Ageing Better's COVID-19 response, exploring how support for people aged 50+ reduced loneliness and isolation.
Ageing Better: Achievements and learning from project delivery to date
Briefing on Ageing Better learning, using programme findings, focusing on reducing loneliness in later life.
Ageing Better Micro-Funding: Empowering communities to create grassroots change
A technical report outlining the methodology, evidence base and analysis used to evaluate Ageing Better's work to reduce loneliness among older people.
Ageing Better: Local responses to the Covid-19 pandemic - promoting healthy lifestyles to build resilience
Rapid review of Ageing Better partnerships’ COVID-19 responses in reorganising their support to reach people over 50 most affected by the pandemic.
Ageing Better: Local responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, neighbourliness and reciprocity
Rapid review of Ageing Better partnerships' COVID-19 response, exploring neighbourliness, community support and social connections for older people.
Ageing Better Learning Report 04: Engaging Marginalised People Over 50
Learning report on engaging marginalised people over 50, using evidence from Ageing Better partnerships.
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