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Táxi Saúde +65

Available 24 hours a day Taxi Saúde +65 service allows a Porto Card holder aged 65 or over to take a taxi for €2 to travel from an address in Porto to a health center or public/private hospital located in the Municipality, or for a return journey from one of these health establishments.

Started: 2021
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Transportation

Táxi +65

The pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus has had a direct impact on the decline in demand for health care among older people, and it was essential to ensure a rapid return to preventive and diagnostic health care. Public taxi transport provides accessible, reliable, safe, comfortable and affordable travel for the population aged 65 and…

Started: 2022
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Health, Transportation

Laboratório de Inovação Social do Porto (Porto’s Social Innovation Lab)

The Laboratório de Inovação Social aims to promote collaborative experimentation with new solutions to social problems in the city of Porto. Starting from a policy of failing fast and well, it proposes to develop a model of structured experimentation – based on processes and methodologies of impact, and on promoting the spill-over of the knowledge…

Started: 2023
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Wat(t)er FabLab – 3D impression in Operations

Several structures and equipment in the public water supply network on the public highway are made of ferrous materials and are therefore subject to frequent vandalism and their own natural corrosion and deterioration. In this regard, the aim of this project is to remedy these anomalies through the manufacture and installation of 3D bioplastic parts…

Started: 2023
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Pedestrian zones and PlayTime – Municipal Parklets

Under the theme “Rescuing Public Space for Pedestrians”, these initiatives aim to dynamize and improve the use of public space, promoting inclusion and accessibility.

Zonas Pedonais Temporárias – Temporary pedestrian zones

The municipal measure is part of a plan to reclaim public space, aiming to promote a new leisure and shopping experience in the city. Additionally, within…

Started: 2020
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

II Porto Age – Friendly City Conference

The “II Porto Age – Friendly City Conference” is scheduled for November 16th at…

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08 Nov, 2023, by Porto, News

Acessibilidade nos Transportes

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This program is the responsibility of the Porto Collective Transport Society (STCP), a municipal company that values a policy of integration and massification of public transport for people with reduced mobility. The company reached the goal of having an accessible network composed of 100% of vehicles with lowered floors and 66% with ramps.
STCP’s policy…

Started: 2007
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

No Porto a Vida é Longa

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It`s a municipal program that encourages those over 60, city residents, to regularly practice sports, through a single annual symbolic payment.
This program operates throughout the year, except in August. The program’s available modalities are: gymnastics, cardio fitness, cycling, water activities, pilates, tai chi, yoga, boccia, latin dances and zumba.
The activities are prepared and…

Started: 1998
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Health

Rua Direita

Rua Direita is an ambitious municipal program for the deep rehabilitation of the city’s fine network of public spaces, which have not received any intervention for decades.

The program aims to restore circulation and enjoyment conditions to public spaces in areas that have long been forgotten.

Geographically comprehensive, the Rua Direita program is located throughout the city’s…

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Urban development

Jornadas CAPI – Cidade Amiga das Pessoas Idosas

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On September 19, 2019, the Municipality of Porto promoted the I Seminar – Porto, Age-Friendly City, where the various projects that contribute to a better quality of life, to the happiness and sense of belonging of senior people, were made public.
This seminar meant to inform and involve the city in the projects that have…

Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Contribute
Sectors: Information and communication

Contas à Vida

Considering that the current socioeconomic context, in which financial products and services are increasingly electronic, this reality demands that financial education for the senior public assumes a preponderant role for their protection, since, the more informed they are, the more better decisions they will be able to make.

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Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Learn, grow and make decisions
Sectors: Information and communication, Labor

Quem Sou Eu?

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This project’s goal is to tell the stories of these people’s lives, by means of Artwork Expressions, which culminates in public presentations to the community. A pilot experiment took place in 2018 in a vulnerable territory of the city. In 2019 the project was extended to other territories.

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Other

O Porto é Lindo! – Roteiros Turísticos +65

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This program consists of guided tours to various emblematic spaces in the city and is intended for people aged 65 and over. The main objective of this project is to provide seniors quality free time, increasing access to immovable and moveable cultural and religious heritage means of cultural enrichment all the while promoting active citizenship…

Started: 2018
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Be mobile
Sectors: Information and communication

Residências Partilhadas para Idosos

This project is developed in the city of Porto to providing answers to two specific social problems, namely: precarious housing and social isolation. Through this project, seniors are lodged in social housing, which they share with other seniors, who are in the same situation, and they are supported by a Social Institution, that provide the…

Started: 2019
Location: Porto, Portugal
Desired outcome for older people: Meet their basic needs
Sectors: Housing

Porto

Porto

Portugal

The city of Porto is aging rapidly and in 2021, according to official data, we reached an aging index of 220, much higher than the national average of 182.

In the…

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City population: 23180025 % over 60Joined Network in 2011