Lambeth has made a commitment to work towards becoming an age-friendly borough in our borough plan, Lambeth 2030.
“As a lifelong borough, we want to make Lambeth the best place to age well by 2030. We will develop a local approach to becoming an age-friendly borough, building on World Health Organization’s (WHO) framework – creating social and built environments that promote healthy and active later lives for all residents.
Equity and inclusion will be central to our effort to creating a borough that is truly age friendly. To do this, we are committed to listening to and working with our older residents to develop shared priorities for the future. We will mobilise action, in partnership, that is targeted to equipping older residents with the support they need to continue to call Lambeth home.”
To build our age-friendly approach and our action plan, we focused on eight key areas of community life (which we combined into six themes in our action plan) to prioritise and deliver local action:
- Outdoor spaces and buildings
- Housing
- Transport
- Social participation
- Respect and social inclusion
- Civic participation and employment
- Community support and health services
- Communication and information
As part of this commitment, Lambeth has joined the UK Network of Age Friendly Communities, run by the Centre for Ageing Better.
Age-Friendly Lambeth Action Plan 2024-2027
After consulting with residents and partners, reviewing the evidence base around ageing and age-friendly communities and with input from council leads and system partners, we have developed the Age-Friendly Lambeth Action Plan 2024-2027.
Download Age-Friendly Lambeth Action Plan 2024-2027
The action plan will guide our work over the coming years, helping us foster an age-friendly borough. It will remain dynamic and flexible to changing demands, priorities, and opportunities as they arise and will be a live document throughout the 2024-2027 timeline.
For further information on some of the local data we analysed and literature on ageing that we reviewed, please see our Older People’s Profile and Annual Public Health Report 2024 on ageing-well in Lambeth.