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Sunderland’s age friendly baseline position


Summary

Sunderland’s age friendly baseline position:Sunderland City Council and its partners have prepared a baseline position to establish current age friendly practice in the city. This is our first step in making Sunderland even more age friendly.

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Sector(s): Urban development

Contact details

Name: Cuthbertson, Stuart

Email address: stuart.cuthbertson@sunderland.gov.uk

Preferred language(s): English

Age-friendly practice in detail (click to expand):

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Local authorities

Older people’s involvement: Older people were consulted during the planning process

Details on older people’s involvement: Older People were invited to two age friendly events in the city. The purpose of these events was twofold: to let people know about our age friendly initiative and to hear their thoughts and views about the issues that older people in the city face on a day to day basis.