Over 50s at work are #OlderNotOver!

#OlderNotOver is a new campaign launched here to re-imagine the 50 to retirement generation as a valuable resource in the workplace. Over 50s at work are #OlderNotOver! The #OlderNotOver challenge The challenge is three-fold: We need to recognise the value and potential of over 50s already in the workplace. We need to find the over 50s currently outside the workplace who want to return, re-connect them with employers and training, and relaunch their careers. We need to ensure work for over 50s is sustainable, with continuing opportunities to progress and support that suits them. What’s the problem? ‘Old dogs’ and...

It’s time for public policy action on the issues of New Middle Age

New Middle Age has identified key issues for the 50 to retirement generation and looks to public policy makers to deliver policies to support lasting and sustainable change. We need policies to address key emerging trends: increasing longevity and better health; age related inequalities; and the complex area of over 50 employment, productivity and training. It’s time for public policy action on the issues of New Middle Age. New Middle Age challenges public policy makers to deliver for the 50 to retirement generation. New Middle Age calls for the recognition of a new generation – from 50 to retirement, whenever that may...

Meet New Middle Age – an effective, productive and vital resource.

Government estimates indicate that one in four of us currently in our 50s can realistically expect to live to 100. With this in mind it is essential that we stop seeing 50 as old or older. It makes no more sense to think about 50 or 60 year olds together with people of 80, 90 or above than doing so with young people thirty or forty years their junior. 50 is in reality the start of the lifetime second half. A new identity and a new image is called for. Meet New Middle Age, the generation from 50 to retirement – whenever that might be given the abolition of a...