Age Friendly Leeds

Age Friendly Leeds aims to make Leeds the ‘Best City to Grow Old In’, where people aged 50+ lead healthy, connected, fulfilling and independent lives whilst feeling valued and respected.

Our approach

Our ambition for Age Friendly Leeds is to be the best city to grow old in and a place where people age well. This means that older people are valued, feel respected and appreciated, are seen as the assets they are.

Leeds Older People’s Forum is an active part of the Leeds Age Friendly Partnership which brings together statutory, voluntary, and private sectors.

We have an Age Friendly Leeds strategy and plan, adapted from the World Health Organisation’s ‘Age Friendly domains’. This sets out what we are doing to make Leeds more Age Friendly.

Direction is driven by the Age Friendly Leeds Board, chaired by the Deputy Executive Member for Adults and Children’s Social Care and Health partnerships, Leeds City Council.

The Age Friendly Leeds Network (AFLN)

The network is co-chaired by the Head of Public Health at Leeds City Council (LCC) and the Chair of Leeds Older People’s Forum.

The role of the network is to bring together statutory, voluntary and private sectors to:

hear the voices of older people and identify priorities in local data in relation to making Leeds an age-friendly city,
address the identified priorities from older people and local data in order to make Leeds an age-friendly city,
raise the profile of Age Friendly Leeds priorities and actions,
support age-friendly initiatives in our communities and other broader initiatives which help us to work towards Leeds becoming an age-friendly city,
empower partnership members to develop and put Age Friendly actions in place.

The AFLN meets quarterly and reports on successes and challenges to the Age Friendly Leeds board. Each meeting is themed around a topic or theme from this action plan, prioritised by AFLN members.

Membership is open to any organisation that has an interest in and is committed to making Leeds an age-friendly city.

How to get involved

There are lots of ways for individuals, businesses and organisations to get involved with making Leeds an age-friendly city.

Sign up to the Age Friendly e-bulletin and get a copy of our Age Friendly Strategy and Action Plan. Email agefriendly@leeds.gov.uk

Take a look at the Leeds Older People’s Forum website to see how you can join the Age Friendly Steering Group or get involved with initiatives such as ‘Come in and Rest’.

Contact Leeds Older People’s Forum:

Become an Age and Dementia Friendly Business

Sign up to the Age and Dementia Friendly Business scheme. As part of the sign up process you will need to identify some specific actions for your organisation which you will work to achieve over the next year. These could include joining the Come in and Rest Scheme, identifying an Age Friendly Ambassador within your staff team, and ensuring your printed materials and signs are large and clear.

Find out more and register your organisation as Age and Dementia Friendly on the Leeds Older People’s Forum website:

How to be an Age and Dementia Friendly Business