age friendly neighbourhood - Research library - 'We can move' insight2024-03-28T13:18:28Zhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/feed/tag/age+friendly+neighbourhoodNew report shows how to create a successful age-friendly neighbourhoodhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/articles/new-report-shows-how-to-create-a-successful-age-friendly-neighbou2021-08-05T08:46:01.000Z2021-08-05T08:46:01.000ZLouise Silverhttps://www.wecanmoveinsight.net/members/LouiseSilver<div><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/9383229452?profile=RESIZE_400x&width=400"></div><div><p>Source: Sustrain 29.03.2021</p>
<p><a href="https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2021/march/new-report-shows-how-to-create-a-successful-age-friendly-neighbourhood/" target="_blank">https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2021/march/new-report-shows-how-to-create-a-successful-age-friendly-neighbourhood/</a></p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}9383234293,original{{/staticFileLink}}">sustrans-age-friendly-tyburn-project-report-2021.pdf</a></p>
<p>Funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, our Age-friendly Tyburn project has helped to transform this part of Birmingham. And older people can now safely walk, wheel, cycle and access public transport more easily. Today we've launched a report filled with evidence and recommendations to help local authorities replicate this project across the UK.</p>
<p>Urban environments have a huge impact on people’s health and wellbeing.</p>
<p>The character and condition of our streets and public spaces can influence how physically active we are.</p>
<p>They change how we feel about our local community and how much we participate and feel valued and included.<br /> </p>
<h4>Covid has changed how we move around</h4>
<p>In addition, Covid-19 has created an unprecedented crisis across the world, having a disproportionate impact on older people’s physical and mental wellbeing.</p>
<p>Lockdowns have understandably changed the way we move in and use our physical environments.</p>
<p>From this crisis, we are learning that reduced traffic movement makes our neighbourhoods and environments more pleasant and creates more space to walk and cycle.</p>
<p>We can adjust our physical world to create a ‘new normal’ that is more age-friendly.</p>
<p>Creating space for people to walk, cycle, move and connect with their community more easily.</p>
<p>And this will hugely help to prevent and reduce social isolation.</p></div>