Research reports

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Getting over the threshold for advice

An Independent Age report into English local authorities' performance in providing advice and information on social care.

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Age of Opportunity - Older people, volunteering and the Big Society

View our report, produced in conjunction with Respublica, which demonstrates that older people are already the largest part of the government's Big Society vision and considers how their level of engagement can be maintained and increased. The report also considers the role government must play to make its plans for Big Society an integrated and functional part of every community.

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Older people, technology and community: the potential of technology to help older people renew or develop social contacts and to actively engage in their communities

Our report, commissioned by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch)

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