About Us

Making Cornwall a better place to live well and age well

Age Friendly Cornwall is a partnership programme working led by Cornwall Council and working across health, housing, transport, community and more.

We listen to local people. We work with local organisations. And we take action to make things better for everyone growing older in Cornwall.

Cornwall has an ageing population with more than a third of people aged 50 or over.

That number is growing.

Growing older in Cornwall can be wonderful. But it comes with real challenges too, isolation, limited transport, rising costs and gaps in services.

Age Friendly Cornwall was set up to tackle those challenges.

We bring together the people and organisations best placed to make a difference. And we hold ourselves accountable for getting results.

Older people in Cornwall shape our priorities. We ask, we listen, and we act on what we hear.

No single organisation can do this alone. Partnership is at the heart of everything we do.

We focus on people who are left behind and those who face the biggest barriers.

We track our progress and share it openly. good intentions are not enough.

THE WHO FRAMEWORK

After successfully joining the network of Age Friendly Communities in the UK, our aim is to produce an action plan that will focus our work.

We will use the data gathered in the Age Friendly Survey to inform this, and work through our partnerships to bring this action plan to life.

We will keep updating our website as things progress, so please keep checking back.