The Age Friendly Steering Group brings together people with a wide range of experiences, skills, and perspectives to help shape Leeds as a city where everyone can age well. Members provide insight and guidance to influence strategy, review services and businesses, support local initiatives, and ensure older people’s voices are at the heart of decision-making.

Aims and objectives

• Offer guidance on city initiatives, planning, and services from the perspective of older residents.
• Ensure that accessibility, inclusivity, and age-friendly principles are embedded in decision-making processes
• Highlight potential barriers faced by older people and share practical solutions based on lived experience
• To report back to the Age Friendly Leeds Board at Leeds City Council to track progress, seek support, and share raised issues

What have the group achieved?

• Co-produced a film on Ageism 
• Partner on the monthly intergenerational All Age Activist group 
• Conducted site visits and co-produced reports for Leeds Train Station, Leeds Market, Light Night and Leeds Teaching Hospitals 
• Shared our age activism as part of the Overlooked Exhibition at Leeds City Museum 
• Co-produced an Ageing Well in Leeds Calendar for Age Without Limits Day in 2025
• Provided age friendly feedback for the Manage My Meds project for the Yorkshire and Humber Patient Safety Research Collaboration, Lasting Power of Attorney document for Clarion Solicitors and peer-reviewed the Wise Up to Ageism training

Get involved

The Steering Group meets monthly to discuss current and upcoming developments, review proposals and consultations, and advise city leaders on age-friendly best practices.

Contact

You can email info@opforum.org.uk for an information pack, or call the Leeds Older People’s Forum team for an informal chat on 0113 244 1697 if you’re thinking of joining the Age Friendly Steering Group.