Overview
Around one in 4 Stockport residents are aged 60 or over, and this number is growing. Our older residents are central to our communities, and our vision for Stockport is to be a place where all people age well and thrive in older age. To make this a reality, all of us have a role to play.
In 2018, residents and partner organisations contributed to an Ageing Well Strategy, and we continue to work on our strong age-friendly ambitions for Stockport, more recently expressed in our One Stockport, One Future Plan and all-age Live Well programme.
More needs to be done. Everyone deserves to live well in older age and to be fully included in community life.
Our new Age-Friendly Action Plan 2025/26, developed following further engagement with residents and partners during 2024 and 2025, aligns with Greater Manchester’s Age Friendly Strategy 2024 to 2034 and the World Health Organization framework for age-friendly cities. It focuses on making Stockport’s social, physical and service environments truly age-friendly.
Our inter-agency Age-Friendly Partnership, co-chaired by the Director of Adult Social Care and a member with lived experience, oversees the development and delivery of our age-friendly work in Stockport. We also have a local Age-Friendly Network convened by Age UK Stockport, open to anyone wishing to contribute to this work.
We work closely with the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub as well as the UK Network of Age-Friendly Communities, convened by the Centre for Ageing Better.