Projects

In conjunction with the Officers Association and Forces Employment Charity, this project develops a career support service that helps veterans aged 50+ to find a second career after leaving the military. It aims to help veterans who are often under-employed after leaving the military but who can benefit from personalised, peer-to-peer support like mentoring, job trials and career planning to find a ‘new mission’ in the civilian job market.

A collaboration between Active Lancashire and UCLan to develop a health screening service in the workplace, especially SMEs, via trained gym and leisure centre staff, to support people to make positive lifestyle choices such as exercising more and looking after their mental health.

Helping people at a stage of life most at risk of osteoporosis preserve their bone strength, is key for helping individuals stay fracture-free for as long as possible. This project aims to assess the potential to transform research regarding the benefits of bone-specific activity into a long-term population level intervention to help preserve bone health in mature adults and those living with osteoporosis.

Bia is an app that helps to keep women in midlife healthy, happy and productive in the workplace. It is co-designed by women, for women. It distils the essential, evidence-based components of exercise that are essential for the health of women in midlife. It provides a clear, motivating, structured programme to follow and is underpinned by exercise and behavioural science.

This project brings together research around health support for older works with health data collection and modelling technology to develop an innovative intervention which will help individuals better understand the ways in which their health, work and wider lives interact, and will build on this understanding to offer a tool to help them more effectively navigate their health needs at work.

Dedicate is an AI-powered 24/7 virtual care partner platformthat supports carers to lead more empowered lives through round the clock trustworthy advice and guidance on care related questions for the person they care for and themselves. We empower carers and those they care for to have better informed and healthier lives through expert, personalised guidance on care-related tasks and challenges of daily living presented by a virtual assistant (VA).

In the UK over 7 million unpaid carers are supporting relatives, partners or friends with daily living tasks. Many feel unsupported and inadequately informed. This project develops an online platform where unpaid carers can take cohort-based courses to help improve their wellbeing. Weekly course content is deliberately brief and is designed to embed behaviour change. Carers also join a group chat with peers and a coach so they can ask questions and receive emotional support.

Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease, characterised by cartilage loss, for which there is no cure. This project aims to develop an App to track and monitor additional information about joint trauma patients during their recovery. This resource would be invaluable to the scientific community, clinicians and the pharmaceutic industry to provide better healthcare early on and enable healthy ageing.

Enabling older workers to maintain work in later life using an automated matching platform, using a ‘totally tailored technology’ approach, which connects customers looking for help with home chores, with a local, skilled workforce of over 50s.

The project will examine how digital health resources can be designed using intergenerational co-production with older and younger people. The feasibility and impact of delivering these digital products to engage older people in structured activity programmes in the areas of physical activity and sports and leisure reminiscence will be investigated.

Programme for improving hearing, communication and conversation to enhance social inclusion and productive working lives.

Local Treasures exists to provide completely flexible work opportunities for the over 50s via a fully automated matching platform which pairs local treasure workers to specific client tasks.

Talk2Health Project: Providing an easy-to-use humanised digital assessment and triaging/self-management solution for those living with MSK conditions to reduce pain, maintain mobility and encourage physical activity in an ageing and technology challenged demographic.

PhysioWizard: A digital self-assessment tool and software triage platform for people experiencing muscle or joint (MSK) problems, providing tailored advice and guidance to patients on how to self-manage their conditions.

HeroRehab: An accessible and affordable at-home digital service, utilising live-body tracking, to improve preventative care, functional fitness and mobility of people as they age. Accurately reporting data to clinicians/physios.

Support over-50s to remain in work for longer by creating commercially viable, scalable products to support the less visible aspects of older workers’ health and wellbeing, including menopause and dementia, financial health/wellbeing, working carers and the health of self-employed older workers.

Stella: An app that provides a personalised holistic treatment plan, including learning, coaching and online community activities to help manage menopause and improve health outcomes in later life.

Fyt: Technology using innovative smart technologies and AI to effectively motivate employees to be more active through stand-up nudges, stretching exercises and information, via personalisation. Enabling independent self-care.