Welcome

The Age-Friendly Niagara Network is a group of local citizens, volunteers, community partners and municipal leaders who have joined together to learn about, take action on and champion age-friendly community principles to make Niagara a ‘community for all ages’. To learn more about the Age-Friendly Niagara Network visit About Us or Age-Friendly Action in Niagara.

Features

Age-Friendly Community Needs Assessment Research in Niagara, December 2020

This summary of major Age-Friendly needs assessment research completed across Niagara since 2010 highlights how Age-Friendly planning principles are being embedded in local municipalities; and opportunities that exist to advance this work.

Addressing COVID-19 Impacts on Niagara’s Older Adults

This two-page AFNN Bulletin provides a call to action: to address challenges in our community by continually sharing and implementing leading practices and innovative ideas. It focuses on actions to reduce COVID-19 impacts on older adults, to support them in staying well, safe and connected.

Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan Implementation Project (2017-2019) Summary

This two-page document summarizes both progress toward, and future opportunities for, implementing the Niagara Aging Strategy and Action Plan. The full evaluation report can be accessed here.

Federal Candidate Brief Prepared by the Age-Friendly Niagara Network

Targeted to candidates running in Niagara ridings for the October 2019 Federal Election, this two-page brief outlines the contributions older adults make to our community, the ways in which Niagara has already made progress towards becoming age-friendly, and what federal candidates can do to help champion this work.

AFNN 2018 Impact Placemat

This 2-page placemat summarizes milestones achieved by the Age-Friendly Niagara Network in 2018.

In The News

This project is made possible by a grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.