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Yate Ageing Better Festival

Yate Ageing Better Festival

Status: Ongoing

Evaluated

Bristol United Kingdom
Print this page City population: 45420017.2% over 60Practice started in 2020

Summary

An annual festival celebrating all things about ageing, visitors can access information and have taster experiences of what our community has to offer residents over 50 years old. From health and wellbeing, to hobbies, hospitality, a helping hand, volunteering opportunities, transport and travel, sport and fitness, social clubs, interest groups, trips, and much more, older persons can learn about ageing in Yate.

Website: https://yatetowncouncil.gov.uk/yate/venues/yate-ageing-better

Key facts

Main target group: Older people in general

Sector(s): Education, Health, Information and communication, Long-term care, Transportation

Other sector(s): arts and culture, sport and recreation, health and safety, volunteering and employment

Desired outcome for older people:
Learn, grow and make decisions

Other issues the Age-friendly practice aims to address:
  • Ageism
  • Accessibility
  • Ageing in place
  • Dementia
  • Elder abuse
  • Healthy behaviours (e.g. physical activity)
  • Intergenerational activities
  • Inequities
  • Inclusion
  • Participation
  • Technologies

Contact details

Name: Yate Town Council

Email address: info@yatetowncouncil.gov.uk

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

Engaging the wider community

Project lead: Other

Other project lead: Town Council – Yate Town Council

Others involved in the project:
  • Volunteers
  • Private sector

How collaboration worked: Funded by Yate Town Council’s Yate Ageing Better Health and Wellbeing budget Project managed by Yate Town Council

Older people’s involvement: Older people were involved in the age-friendly practice at multiple or all stages

Details on older people’s involvement: Older people were involved in all elements of this age friendly practice, from planning to event, to volunteering at the event or joining the event as a participant.

Moving forward

Has the impact of this age-friendly practice been analysed: Yes

Was the impact positive or negative:
Positive

Please share with us what you found in detail:
Visitors and stall holders enjoyed the event, it was vibrant and included lots of information on activities in the community. It encourage older people to do new things, meet new people, access services they needed and visit new environments.

Feedback:
Feedback on the event was positive. Attendees enjoyed the event, sharing that it was vibrant and included lots of information on activities in the community. It encourage older people to do new things, meet new people, and visit new environments such as the Pop Inn Cafe, and Armadillo Senior Cinema.

Expansion plans:
Yes, this event will take place each year.

Looking back

Reflections:
The first Yate Ageing Better Festival was in 2020, meaning that COVID social distancing restrictions limited the number of stall holders the event could accommodate. Future festivals have aligned with public health guidance provided at the time.

Challenges:
Staffing resources was one challenge for the festival. This event requires the attendance of an entire department at our organisation, as well as volunteers. Some key groups of volunteers did not participate in as great of numbers as was expected.