Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice

About the Healthy Ageing Challenge

UK Research and Innovation’s (UKRI) Healthy Ageing Challenge aims to help people remain active, productive, independent and socially connected across generations for as long as possible. It does this by enabling businesses, including social enterprises, to develop and deliver beneficial products, services and business models that will be adopted at s­cale. During the five-year lifespan of the challenge, we are providing research and innovation grant funding UK wide, investing up to £98 million via diverse competitions.

Becoming a healthier nation is fundamental to growth, resilience, and to NHS and social care sustainability. A collaborative effort is needed across government, public sector, business communities and third sectors. The Healthy Ageing Challenge is playing an important part in catalysing these partnerships and enabling everyone to benefit from our ‘extra longevity’.

– The Lord Filkin CBE, All Parliamentary Group for Longevity

About the Community of Practice

The Healthy Ageing Challenge Community of Practice is a collaborative learning community with over 1,000 members, open to all those working or interested in healthy ageing. Set up predominantly for businesses, social ventures, researchers, investors and policymakers across the UK and beyond, its main aims are to convene, connect and share knowledge in order to catalyse innovation within the healthy ageing domain.

The objectives of the community are:

• To support knowledge exchange between businesses, social enterprises and academics to accelerate their journey to impact and scale.
• To act as a catalyst for future innovation in healthy ageing by championing and supporting interest and growth in the sector.
• To provide connection and collaboration opportunities between practitioners, policy makers and investors with an interest in healthy ageing.