This theme tells the story of how the Ageing Better projects responded to Covid-19 by using co-production.

You can also find out more about how the communities that had previously been developed through co-production approaches came into their own during the pandemic.

Here’s the Contents Page – Co-production in a Crisis (PDF 133KB)

1A. Age Better in Sheffield – Blog – Hello Neighbour boxes spread joy and connectivity across Sheffield (PDF 347KB)
1B. Age Better in Sheffield – Blog – Creative Collaborations in a Crisis (PDF 5.7MB)
2. Ageing Better in Birmingham – Blog – How Ageing Better in Birmingham have harnessed the internet (PDF 445KB)
3A. Ageing Better in Camden – Blog – Viewing our people as valuable not vulnerable (PDF 440KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 1 – Blog – Im organising my mothers wartime letters (PDF 910KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 10 – Blog – We’re doing ok, us vulnerable oldies, valuable oldies (PDF 910 KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 11 – Blog – Oh, how I miss my singing (PDF 712KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 2 – Blog – Photo-walks and Instagram in my corona uniform (PDF 762KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 3 – Blog – It is diaries of ordinary people as well as politicians and celebrities that produce our history (PDF 702KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 4 – Blog – This lockdown time has meant that I have learned some new digital skills (PDF 854KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 5 – Blog – We are writing and performing a weekly (Zoom) soap in lockdown (PDF 954KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 6 – Blog – I indoctrinated myself to a plan to live with myself and by myself (PDF 759KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 7 – Blog – I live on my own and lead a fairly solitary existence, but I am far from lonely on a normal week I would see a large number of people. That has of course change (PDF 810KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 8 – Blog – Any other blanket rule would have been dismissed immediately as unfair and discriminatory, but dealing this way with old people seemed to be acceptable (PDF 808KB)
3B. Ageing Better in Camden – Letters from Lockdown 9 – Blog – COVID Spring – a poem (PDF 642KB)
4A. Ageing Well Torbay – Flowchart of the Torbay Community Helpline (JPG 1.4MB)
4A. Ageing Well Torbay – Torbay Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector – Working on the Front Door (PDF 785KB)
4A. Ageing Well Torbay – One Call, Thats All – Promotional poster (PNG 1.8MB)
4A. Ageing Well Torbay – Torbay Community Helpline – A Lifeline for Torbay (video)
4A. Ageing Well Torbay – Torbay Community Helpline – An Introduction (video)
4B. Ageing Well Torbay – Blog – How working in collaboration during times of crisis has incredible results (PDF 417KB)
5. Brightlife Cheshire – Blog – Social Prescribing in a Crisis (PDF 404KB)
6. Bristol Ageing Better – Blog – Coproducing to overcome times of crisis (PDF 410KB)
7A. Time to Shine Leeds – Blog – Promoting an age friendly culture – How Time to Shine are driving forward their Age Proud campaign (PDF 404KB)
7B. Time to Shine Leeds – Co-production Week тАУ Introducing Age Proud Leeds (PDF 347KB)