When is impact 2018

WeWork have commissioned independent consultants, The Centre for Economics and Business Research CEBR who have a reputation for sound business advice based on thorough and insightful research, to produce independent research focused on the impact WeWork has on the London economy. In addition, CEBR asked members about their spending habits, and local businesses what impact WeWork members had on their business.

This research was combined with economic modeling to analyse economic multipliers. The question of how we will navigate the future of work and cities to progress toward a new economy — that uplifts all people and all communities — is perhaps one of the most important questions of our time. CEBR has analysed the impact WeWork has on the individuals and businesses, on the neighbourhoods and on the city. The age profile of our society is changing rapidly.

We published our guide Becoming an age-friendly employer that set out five actions employers can take to improve the way they recruit, support and retain older workers — covering flexibility, recruitment and health at work. This guide is our catalyst for influencing large employers and generating a movement for change in the business and public sectors. We published our Health warning for employers report in April, which summarises the key findings from our research with Greater Manchester, and informed the design of the Working Well Early Help service for over 50s.

The report highlighted that older workers are more likely than younger workers to be managing multiple long-term conditions and that health conditions are the main driver of older workers exiting the labour market before they reach state pension age.

Our partnership in Greater Manchester enabled us to continue to work to tackle inequalities and develop and test new and innovative approaches to supporting people overs back into work. We called on Government and employers to do more to improve workplace-based prevention and management of health conditions; many small and inexpensive adjustments can provide a huge benefit to people who want to continue working in later life.

We continued to produce influential insights on aids and adaptations. Our Homes that help research explored the lived experiences of individuals who use home adaptations, and practitioners who work alongside them, and showed how changes in the home can have a hugely positive impact on quality of life.

The report explored innovative approaches by local areas in delivering home adaptations for residents and encouraging councils to learn from the good practice we identified. We also stimulated major research funders to fund work to fill the evidence gap that exists around demonstrating the cost-benefit of housing adaptations. Following this, we released our report Raising the bar on strength and balance: The importance of community-based provision. The report highlighted that programmes designed to boost the muscle strength and balance of people at risk of falls and injury are not being prioritised by the NHS and local authority commissioners.

As part of this we worked closely with 14 local areas to help them improve referral pathways and commissioning of local programmes. We were also proud to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Public Health England.

Through a five-year strategic partnership, we will work together with PHE in using evidence based public health interventions to help people maintain their ability to do the everyday things they want to do as they age.

We were also involved in early discussions to help shape the Prevention Green Paper to focus on ageing. We launched our first ever grant programme, with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Many who use social media say they regularly see false or misleading content, but also view these platforms as offering new avenues for political engagement.

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