Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing: Re-thinking Inclusive Ageing

Since October 2023, the “Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing: Experiences in Rotherham and Sheffield” project, funded under the Economic and Social Research Council’s* Inclusive Ageing Programme, and led from the University of Sheffield, has been addressing the urgent need for evidence on how racialised inequalities shape experiences of ageing over the life course in particular places. Linked to historical and contemporary migration, the UK’s ageing population is increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. Mounting evidence points to significant racialised inequalities in social outcomes in later life, but these are currently under-monitored and poorly understood. The status quo of homogenising the ageing process is untenable from a social justice perspective.

The Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing project is change-oriented, challenging such injustice. From the grounded perspective of racially minoritised populations, the project has sought to reconceptualise understandings of inclusive ageing and to identify creative steps at micro, meso and macro levels to foster it.

*We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Economic and Social Research Council, Project Reference: ES/W012383/1

About the event

Join us to discuss the key project findings and their policy and practice implications. Confirmed speakers include:

• Dr Shabna Begum, Runnymede Trust
• Jabeer Butt, OBE, Race Equality Foundation
• Natalie Cresswell, Age UK
• Dr Carole Easton, OBE, Centre for Ageing Better
• Professor Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

Agenda

12.30 Arrival & Registration

12.45 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 2.15 Re-thinking understandings of inclusive ageing: key findings from the 'Ethnicity and Unequal Ageing' project

2.15 - 3.00 Stakeholder Panel: Dr Shabna Begum (Runnymede Trust), Jabeer Butt, OBE (Race Equality Foundation), Natalie Cresswell (Age UK), Dr Carole Easton, OBE (Centre for Ageing Better)

3.00 - 3.30 Q&A

3.30 - 4.00 Refreshments

4.00 - 4.55 Intersections of race, ethnicity and ageing: the international picture: Professor Sandra Torres, Uppsala University, Sweden

4.55 - 5.00 Event Close