UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge: Our story so far

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21 July 2022

The SHAW Project is part of the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge, which has now reached the halfway point since its launch in 2019.

UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge: Our story so far

Population ageing is poised to become one of the most significant social transformations of the twenty-first century, with implications for nearly all sectors of society.

United Nations, 2022

The Healthy Ageing Challenge has supported the SHAW project with funding, research, and knowledge exchange opportunities so that we can continue to develop our research under the broader UKRI mandate to enable people to remain active, productive, independent, and socially connected across generations for as long as possible.

A global imperative

1 in 3 children born today will live to be 100

81 average life expectancy in the UK

63 average healthy life expectancy in the UK

See the attached report to learn more about the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge story so far and how SHAW is part of this amazing initiative.

View the report (PDF)

To request the report in a different format, please visit the UKRI Healthy Ageing website.

Image courtesy of the Centre for Ageing Better