Age Friendly Communities

Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Strategy and action plan
  3. Support available
  4. Latest news

Overview

We want South Tyneside to be a place where people live healthy and active later lives.

Where people can continue to stay living in their homes, participate in activities they value and contribute to their communities for as long as possible.

To help achieve this we have committed to following the World Health Organization's Age Friendly Communities Framework.

Strategy and action plan

The first step was to create a strategy and action plan. This was produced by the Council and partners, and describes what we plan to do.

View the Age Friendly Strategy and Action Plan

Support available

A key activity is to highlight what support and guidance is available to people as they get older.

There is lots of support on offer, but sometimes it's hard to know where to look.

As a starting point we would advise you to look at guidance we have on our Support for adults section of the website or, if you would prefer, call our Let's Talk team on 0191 424 6000.

Age Concern Tyneside South (ACTS) are also a great place for support, see  or call 0191 456 6903.

We've also outlined some useful guidance below, organised into 8 key topic areas identified by the World Health Organization as essential elements of an Age Friendly Action Plan.

Housing

Social participation

Transport

  • More information including travel passes and support with travel: Transport

Respect and inclusion

  • Older People's Forum and Carer's Forum - contact
  • Dementia Friends: 

Civic participation 

Communication and information

Community and health

Outdoor spaces and buildings

Report an issue online, such as:

  • anti-social behaviour
  • a problem with a pothole or street lighting

Or, you can contact the Council on 0191 427 7000, 8am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday.

Latest news

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