Since March, the Age-Friendly Manchester team has been reviewing and refreshing Manchester's Ageing Strategy. Manchester: A Great Place to Grow Older 2017-2021 is the result of an extensive period of consultation with services, colleagues, partners and older people themselves. 
Manchester’s current ageing strategy is called Manchester: A Great Place to Grow Older (2010–2020). It was launched in 2009 and sets out the vision and priorities for Manchester to become an age-friendly city: a place in which people in mid- and later life are economically, physically and socially active, and where they are healthier, safe, informed, influential, independent and respected.
Since the strategy’s launch in 2009, alongside significant changes in the national and regional political context, the city has experienced major economic and demographic change. While the strategy’s original priorities are just as relevant as they were when first published, an update is now timely.
The Age-Friendly Manchester team has spent six months reviewing the 2009 strategy. In the course of the review they spoke to a wide range of organisations and individuals, including many older people themselves.
To read Manchester: A Great Place to Grow Older, visit: www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/download/6786/manchester_a_great_place_to_grow_older