What is an Age Friendly Businesses?

Age Friendly Businesses

Businesses are important for older people and older people are important for businesses.

Becoming age-friendly is simple to achieve. It can attract new business by welcoming both older and younger customers.

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What do businesses have to do?

Businesses work through a checklist to evidence what they are already doing that is age friendly and make small changes as required.  By pledging to become age friendly they will ensure that:

  • Customers feel valued
  • There is safe and easy access
  • They are community focused and communicate effectively
  • They have a valued age-friendly workforce

How to become an Age Friendly Business

Start by talking to customers and staff about what your business could do to make changes.

Then contact the Healthy Ageing Team to discuss your ideas, get training and agree your next steps to becoming Age Friendly.

Contact us on:

Tel: 01384 816437

Email: age.friendly@dudley.gov.uk