Ageing Well in Wales

 What is Ageing Well in Wales?

Ageing Well  in Wales is a programme which promotes healthy living in Wales through investment in community groups and health enhancing programmes.

Ageing Well in Wales conference - Wednesday 23 January - huge success 

The Age Cymru “Active Ageing and the Five Ways to Wellbeing” conference which was held on 23 January 2013 at the Village Hotel in Swansea was was a huge success despite the inclement weather conditions (snow).

This exciting conference looked at how the Five Ways to Wellbeing approach (as developed by the New Economics Foundation) can be applied to active ageing, encouraging a holistic approach to activity and positive social, community and intergenerational engagement for older people in Wales.

Guest speakers included:

• Dr Ruth Hussey, Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government
• Bob Laventure, British Heart Foundation
• Jo Corkett, UK Co-ordinator, European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity
• Luke Conlon, Robert Narayan-Taylor and John Cox, Mens Sheds Cymru
• Rebecca Thomas, Age Cymru Sir Gar West Wales Befriending links

 Bob Laventure's presentation

 Jo Corkett's presentation

 Rebecca Thomas's presentation 

What is an Ageing Well Volunteer?

Key to the success of our Ageing Well programme are the Ageing Well volunteers who are trained and deployed to offer support to people of a similar age, gender or cultural background. 

Want to get involved?

If you are interested in becoming an Ageing Well volunteer, please contact the Healthy Ageing team on ageingwell@agecymru.org.uk.

 Or you could download the getting involved form.

Members of the Ageing Well in Wales Network 

 View current members of the Ageing Well in Wales Network