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Blog

22 November 2017

FabLab Belfast brings digital techniques, tea and community to older residents

Adam Wallace & Kerrie Hanna

The Digital Makers Collective run by FabLab in Belfast is bringing digital manufacturing techniques such as 3D printing to older artists and residents.

15 November 2017

What a difference a song makes: the Choir in Every Care Home project

This project's work at Nightingale House in London shows the life and health-enhancing benefits of communal singing for older people living in residential care.

8 November 2017

A feast of creative ageing

David Cutler reflects on the growth and popularity of creative ageing festivals, from the national to the local and across art forms.

26 October 2017

Late opening – does the wealth of creative ageing projects in Scotland augur a cultural change?

Andrew Eaton-Lewis

Andrew Eaton-Lewis was commissioned by Luminate - Scotland's Creative Ageing Festival to document some of the excellent creative ageing projects happening across Scotland.

11 October 2017

Postcard from Finland: the old couple

On the wonderful creative and cultural opportunities for older people in Finland at the start of its first creative ageing festival, Armas.

27 September 2017

How can high quality arts in care homes can become the norm and not the noble exception?

A version of a speech delivered to a conference held by Nottingham City Council and the Imagine programme on 6 September 2017.

27 September 2017

The role of local authorities and creative ageing

David Cutler introduces a new report on the contribution local authorities can make to ensuring that older people can age as creatively as they deserve.

11 September 2017

Postcard from Germany: a portrait of creative ageing in the Rhineland

Another step in a journey to explore how other countries approach the opportunities of creative ageing.

Postcard from the Netherlands – some Dutch Old Masters – and Mistresses!

David Cutler highlights some of innovative creative ageing projects happening in the Netherlands following a recent research trip.

The elixir of life: older people’s dance

Older people are dancing more than ever before - for performance, pleasure and health. David Cutler celebrates some of the initiatives happening around the UK.