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Age friendly Barnet

 

Age friendly Barnet - making Barnet an even better place to grow older in

Over the last three years we've had the opportunity to launch our Age Friendly movement to push for improvements that matter to older residents across Barnet. We've collected views from thousands of Barnet residents, listened to people's experiences and worked with our Age-friendly champions and 35 local organisations to make positive changes.

There is so much to be proud of - including our three Silver Sunday celebrations, which welcomed up to 800 people each time and showcased what ageing well in Barnet can look like. Our commitment to Age-friendly work continues and we’ll keep pushing for improvements that matter to older residents, from better public transport to more accessible public toilets, ensuring Barnet remains a borough where everyone can thrive.

Age-friendly report

Find out what our Age-friendly team have achieved with 35 local organisations in three years and what this all means for an Age-friendly borough in future. Read the report here.

 
Age-friendly Barnet - the background story

Creating an age-friendly environment in Barnet has never been more important; we currently have the 2nd largest population of over 65s in the London Boroughs and this population is set to rise by 55 per cent by 2041. Making sure that everyone has the support they need to actively age is something that we should all strive towards to enhance community life for all ages.

In June 2023, Barnet became a member of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities. This Network provided us with guidance, connections and support as we worked towards making our community services and infrastructure more age-friendly.

This is a community-focused and community-organised project. Any changes which occur as a result of this project have been identified or inspired by older voices and will always be fed back into our community for all to benefit from.

Age-friendly survey
At the start of the project, 1,000 residents shared their views in a big survey that shaped everything we’ve done since. Towards the end of the project, we sent out another survey to see what had changed.
 

Age-friendly Call to Action

The Age-friendly Barnet call to action was launched on 6 March 2024 at the Arts Depot in North Finchley in the presence of the mayor, councillors and other key players in the drive to make Barnet more age-friendly.

Age-friendly survey - results

To kickstart the project, Age UK Barnet sought the views of Barnet residents to gain a better understanding of the current barriers to ageing well within our community. Over 1,000 Barnet residents responded - see some of the results here.

The results of this research helped us build a strategy to enhance and improve community life in Barnet in areas such as housing, outdoor spaces and social inclusion.

We thank everyone who has supported us over the last three years, our Age-friendly champions and all the organisations that have supported us and we continute to push for improvements that matter to older residents in our outreach work, activities and services.