New ‘Hope for All Ages’ report sets out fifty ways to leave the world a better place by 2050
A manifesto for the next twenty five years calls on leaders to swap short-termism and division for vision and togetherness with action globally, nationally and locally.
The new report assembles a large cast of changemakers who share fifty ways to leave the world a better place by 2050.
‘Hope for All Ages’ outlines a vision for creating a better world by 2050 through intergenerational collaboration, fairness, and strategic action. Packed with ideas, the report is published by United for All Ages, a social enterprise linking generations to build stronger communities and reduce age segregation and loneliness.
The report promotes three key themes:
- Connection and Interdependence: Emphasising the importance of intergenerational interaction in homes, workplaces and communities to combat age segregation and foster shared concerns.
- Fairness for All Generations: Advocating for addressing inequalities, rethinking wealth distribution, and creating policies that benefit all age groups.
- Thinking Big: Calling for bold leadership and long-term strategies to tackle global challenges like climate change, housing and social cohesion.
The Hope for All Ages vision for 2050 includes:
- Global Commitments: Collaboration for peace, sustainable development, and climate action.
- Policies for All Ages: Tax reforms, intergenerational equity indexes, and universal care systems.
- Fairness: Ending age-related inequalities, improving health literacy, and supporting children and older adults.
- Places for All Ages: Building mixed-age communities, intergenerational housing and shared spaces.
- Opportunities: Transforming education, valuing care, and fostering lifelong learning.
To achieve these goals, the report proposes strategic actions such as:
- Promoting intergenerational living and interaction.
- Addressing housing affordability and build inclusive communities.
- Reforming education to focus on creativity, empathy, and real-world impact.
- Supporting universal care systems and lifelong learning.
- Using technology to bridge generational divides and foster connection.
The report highlights issues like age segregation where Britain is cited as one of the most age segregated countries in the world, and growing social isolation and economic inequality. Solutions include promoting mixed-age communities, affordable housing, intergenerational activities, and policies that prioritise fairness and connection.
United for All Ages urges governments, organisations and individuals to adopt intergenerational strategies, embed fairness in policymaking, and foster hope for future generations. It emphasises the importance of imagining a better world to make it a reality.
Stephen Burke, Director of United for All Ages, said: “Hope for All Ages offers a manifesto for change, with 50 ways to leave the world a better place by 2050.
“We currently live in volatile times. Unpredictable, untrusting, uncertain. Young people face insecure futures as the first generation to be worse off than their parents. Many feel powerless, unable to influence or change their world. Without hope.
“It doesn’t have to be this way. United for All Ages has always been an optimistic social enterprise, bringing people of different ages together, mixing and sharing with common purpose, while tackling big social issues from ageism and loneliness to care, work, housing and learning.
“Having hope can change the way we approach the future. Sharing that hope across generations and for future generations will make us all stronger in our homes and our communities, our country and our world.
“We can build on the UN Declaration on Future Generations and the Well-being of Future Generations Act in Wales to work with political leaders at all levels to end age segregation and create a fairer, economically and socially just world.”
