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Age-Friendly Southwark

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Southwark Council's Cabinet approved the Age-Friendly Borough Initiative in October 2025, aiming to support older residents.

Southwark Council's Cabinet approved the Age-Friendly Borough Initiative on 14 October 2025, which aims to ensure older residents are respected, connected, and able to lead healthy, active lives in communities they help shape. This decision sets the direction for making Southwark a more age-friendly environment.

The initiative builds upon existing work across the council and voluntary sector, including warm spaces hosted by VCS and faith partners, emergency grants for food and energy, pension credit uptake campaigns, and the Streets for People programme.

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  1. Southwark Council's Cabinet approved the Age-Friendly Borough Initiative on 14 October 2025. Source
  2. The initiative aims to ensure older residents are respected, connected, and able to lead healthy, active lives. Source
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