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The Age-Friendly Standards are a national self-assessed accreditation for cultural organisations and a recognised and trusted symbol for older audiences and family groups including older people. Organisations that sign-up to the Age-Friendly Standards value all generations and want to provide a welcoming and positive experience for visitors, regardless of their age.
The Age-Friendly Standards are designed to complement the existing Family Arts Standards which codify good practice in welcoming families. The Age-Friendly Standards provide specific guidance on welcoming older generations. Displaying the logo affirms that an organisation has considered the often more complex needs of older visitors.
Whilst many of the Age-Friendly Standards relate to general inclusive practice and strong customer service, they also acknowledge that older generations may be more likely to experience barriers to engagement than younger family members and that there is a need for organisations to implement comprehensive measures to discourage drop-off in cultural engagement in later life.
The Age-Friendly Standards do not aim to replicate or replace existing specialist guidance, particularly in the case of addressing specific conditions, such as dementia, and we have provided a reference section of Useful Links and Resources for further specialist advice.
Further information on implementation of the Standards for non-venues and touring companies can be found in the accompanying Guidance.
> Read the Age-Friendly Standards
Who has signed up so far?
To see a list of organisations meeting the Age-Friendly Standards please click here.
How were the Age-Friendly Standards developed?
These Standards were developed in consultation with older arts attenders, a range of arts and ageing experts, and a large number of arts and cultural organisations across the UK.
Thank you to the following who contributed during initial consultations:
Age UK, Kate Organ, New Vic Stoke, Sadlers Wells, Luminate Festival, Entelechy Arts, Equal Arts, Age of Creativity, participants of Meet Me at the Albany, Arts Council England.
Thanks to the arts and cultural organisations contributing to further development: Anvil Arts, Architecture Centre, Arcola Theatre, Assembly Hall Theatre, Attenborough Arts Centre, Ballet Lorrent, Barnsley Civic, Big Fish Little Fish Productions, Birmingham Museums Trust, Blackpool Grand Theatre, Bournemouth Pavilion, Bridport Arts, Bristol Music Trust, Buxton Opera House, Cast in Doncaster, Chichester Festival Theatre, Culture Coventry, Dance City, Discover Children’s Story Centre, Discovery Museum, Haslemere Educational Museum, Horniman Museum and Gardens, Ideas Test, Impressions Gallery, Inspire Nottingham, Lawrence Batley Theatre, Leeds Discovery Centre, Lets Make Art, London Symphony Orchestra, MAC Belfast, National Glass Centre, The North Wall Arts Centre, Oldham Coliseum, Orchestras Live, Reading Rep, Regis Centre Royal Collection Trust, Royal & Derngate, Royal Northern College of Music, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Sadlers Wells, Seven Stories, St George’s Bristol, Sticky Fingers Arts, Telford & Wrekin Libraries, Theatre by the Lake, Theatre Hullabaloo, Theatre Royal & Royal Concert Hall Nottingham, Unicorn Theatre, Warwick Arts Centre, Wild Rumpus, Whitworth Art Gallery, Wigmore Hall.
And thanks to the wider network of arts and cultural organisations who completed the initial survey.
For further Age-Friendly training, resources, and promotional opportunities visit our Age-Friendly page.
