MENTAL HEALTH
Tony said: “We know there is strong evidence that physical exercise, mental stimulation and remaining connected to friends, community and our favourite pastimes help our mental health and wellbeing.
“The UK has a strong and rich sporting history and heritage, and reminiscing about such topics with friends and peers helps us reaffirm our identities, to tell our own stories and to stimulate our memories and our communication skills.”
LEARNING A LANGUAGE Lingo Flamingo, based in Glasgow, also received funding through the programme. This innovative social venture brings together people to provide dynamic and interactive language workshops that delay the effects of dementia and brain ageing. Using insights from across education and healthcare the social venture mixes learning with care. The stimulating courses teach people how to greet each other, the names of food and even classic songs to ensure wide engagement and deep reconnection with personal memories.
GARDENER’S WORLD Finally, as many green-fingered people know, gardening can have a really positive effect on mental health. Social venture Growing Support
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also won funding in the Solutions for an Ageing Society programme. The venture runs weekly gardening clubs for elderly people, ensuring they stay fit, well and connected to both nature and wider society. The groundbreaking venture uses gardening to tackle loneliness, social isolation and inactivity experienced by people with health and social care needs. Research proves that lack of activity is associated with depression, reduction in social function and loss of quality of life. So, Growing Support’s horticultural activity is designed to be uniquely therapeutic, delivering both activity and social inclusion to tackle various wellbeing problems
Mark Norbury, UnLtd CEO, said: “We are enormously proud of the work of the social entrepreneurs in this programme, and are grateful to The Coutts Foundation for making the programme possible.
“Together, we have shown how social entrepreneurs can work closely with commissioners, partners and older people to deliver tremendous results and create lasting positive change.”
Lenka Setkova, Executive Director at Coutts and Advisor to the Coutts Foundation, added: “The trustees of the Coutts Foundation are delighted to have collaborated with UnLtd in the creation of the Solutions for an
Ageing Society programme, which has supported the development and growth of 21 social ventures led by visionary social entrepreneurs. Philanthropy plays a critical role in supporting the creation of innovative solutions to help people age well, and the ventures supported are already making a real difference to the quality of people’s lives.”
UnLtd and the Coutts Foundation have been supporting social entrepreneurs finding solutions for an ageing society since 2015, and it is now one of three priority areas of impact for UnLtd. It emerges as the United Kingdom is undergoing a remarkable demographic shift with potentially far-reaching consequences for society, the economy and public service provision. Over one million older people say they are always or often feel lonely. More than 60% of older people in the UK agree that age discrimination exists in their daily lives and 76% feel the country fails to make good use of their skills and talents. This requires us all to radically re-imagine how we can continue to ensure the health, social and economic wellbeing of older people. UnLtd is now looking for partners and collaborators to continue this important work.
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