Working across the region

We have a strong relationship with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and the GM Ageing Hub, bringing together service providers across local authorities.

The University – through the work of the Manchester Urban Ageing Research Group (MUARG) – has played a major role in supporting the development of Greater Manchester as an ‘age-friendly region’.

This has involved extensive work within the region, with other local authorities in the UK, and research with the World Health Organization - who support the global network of age-friendly cities and communities. 

MUARG have a particular focus on understanding issues relating to the impact of social exclusion on older people living in low-income neighbourhoods, with a number of funded projects focused on developing work on this theme. 

Projects

Two older men in conversation.

Ambition for ageing

A £10 million programme to develop Greater Manchester age-friendly communities.
A glass building surrounded by trees.

Green infrastructure (GI)

Researching the benefits of urban GI for older people and how it can support healthy ageing in urban areas.
A quiet red brick residential street in Manchester.

The experience of 'ageing in place' over time

Exploring how older people’s relationships to place change over time.
Aerial view of a street in London.

Urbanisation and population ageing

Researching population ageing and urbanisation involving fieldwork in seven contrasting cities.
St Peter's Square in Manchester.

Growing older in Collyhurst

Focusing on the Northern Gateway urban regeneration project in Collyhurst, North Manchester.
An older woman looking sad out of a window.

Loneliness in later life

Studying how marginalisation influence experiences and coping with loneliness in later life.
The back of a man on a busy high street.

Developing age-friendly cities

Exploring how age-friendly developments in Brussels, Manchester and Montreal are perceived by policymakers, researchers, practitioners, and older people.
Women sat around a table

Uncertain futures

Investigating inequalities affecting women over 50 years at work in Manchester.