Age Friendly Belfast Plan 2022-26

In May 2012, Belfast became the first council in Northern Ireland to commit to becoming an Age Friendly City. Since then, we have supported the Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership and our community planning partners to develop and deliver two Age Friendly Belfast Plans. We are now developing our third plan.

During February - June 2022, we:

1. Consulted Greater Belfast Seniors Forum on key issues and best ways to consult with older people during the pandemic
2. Held consultation events and partnership workshops/meetings with:

• 4 local older people’s forums
• 4 Dementia Friendly Neighbourhood Groups
• a range of older people and organisations working with older people through a workshop in Belfast City Hall
• a multiagency online event to develop key actions
• a postcard survey with individual older people

Based on what we heard and using other evidence and research, we brought a draft of the Age Friendly Belfast Plan 2022-2026 to the Healthy Ageing Strategic Partnership, the Greater Belfast Seniors Forum and the council's All-Party Reference Group on Older People. We now want to hear from you.

Have your say

Help make the Age Friendly Belfast Plan the best that it can be. We want to know what you think about our proposed:

• Themes for Age Friendly Belfast 2022-2026
• Actions to address these themes

Look here to find out more about what we are proposing Age Friendly Belfast Plan

If you would like to get involved in some of the actions in our Age Friendly Belfast Plan, or if there is other work or activities that you think could contribute to making Belfast a city where older people live life to the full, please contact us by Email seniorsinfo@belfastcity.gov.uk

Age Friendly Belfast Survey

You do not have to sign in or register on our Your Say Belfast platform to take part. However, if you are a registered user, you must sign out of Your Say Belfast account so that your response is anonymous. Please be aware, that if you are signed into Your Say Belfast, your email and site registration details can be linked to this survey.

Belfast City Council is the data controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation (UK GDPR) for any personal data gathered from this survey. You are not asked to provide any personal data, but if you do, the personal data you provide consensually will be held and stored by the Council in a safe and secure manner and in compliance with data protection legislation and in line with the Council’s Records Retention and Disposal Schedule.

As part of the analysis and reporting, we may share written comments and aggregated results with partner agencies or publish summarised results (which may include your comments) in the public domain. If we do this, no personal data or personal information will be shared or disclosed. If you are responding on behalf of a group or organisation, we may ask that you include the name of the group or organisation. If applicable, we will seek your permission to disclose your organisation name (and any written comments) in our analysis and feedback reports.

If you have any queries regarding the processing of your personal data, please email policy@belfastcity.gov.uk(External link). If you wish to contact the Council’s Data Protection Officer, please write to Belfast City Council, City Hall, Belfast BT1 5GS or send an email to dataprotection@belfastcity.gov.uk