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In certain parts of Sydney, state government and not-for-profit initiatives are looking ahead to ensure the city caters for its ageing population.
Georgia Vitale compares some different approaches – some mono-generational, others more holistic – to support ageing in place.
The statistics are stark: by 2041, the Greater Sydney region’s population of people over 65 years of age is predicted to reach more than 1.2 million, more than twice as many as there are today.1
One Sydney local authority proactively preparing for this demographic change is Liverpool City Council, where the number of people aged 65 and over is estimated to increase from 21,600 in 2016 to 68,650 by 2041.2
Clearly, designers have a critical role to play in delivering on agendas to best support ageing in place – which is something that 78 to 81 percent of Australians aged over 55 want to do.5
The shared experience of COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of involving the community in co-producing design solutions and the speed with which designers can adapt the built environment to specific needs.
Image: Daniel Tonnet, Grimshaw
Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality in Australia
Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 14 December 2023
A seminar on the findings from the ACOSS and UNSW partnership report, presented by Scientia Professor Carla Treloar, Jacqueline Phillips and Mark Chenery for the UNSW Social Policy Research Centre on...
Ending Child Poverty in Australia – BSL Talks
Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 27 October 2023
Special Anti-Poverty Week edition of the Brotherhood of St Laurence (BSL) Talks webinars. Focuses on Ending child poverty in...
ABCB Standard for Livable Housing Design (mandatory)
Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 24 April 2023
The ABCB has released 2 new publications to support practitioners’ understanding of the new livable housing design provisions in the NCC, and the ABCB Standard for Livable Housing...
A Guide to Providing Housing Focused Support
Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 1 December 2022
Build your knowledge of activities and interventions that help people to gain and sustain a home with this series of practice guides. Each guide breaks down a core component of housing-focused...
Effective Engagement: building relationships with community and other stakeholders
Toolkits | Publication Date: 13 July 2022
In 2005 the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment released a three part resource on Effective Engagement: building relationships with community and other stakeholder. In 2015, it...
Tenant Participation (Q Shelter Learning Exchange held June 2022)
Guides and Templates | Publication Date: 24 June 2022
Tenant participation is an important part of the work undertaken by Community Housing Providers, it is a two-way process involving tenants working in partnership with providers to share ideas,...
Domestic and Family Violence Resources
Toolkits | Publication Date: 17 June 2022
As a community, we all have a responsibility to put an end to domestic and family violence. In our role as a peak body, Q Shelter has engaged in work which aims to equip providers of housing and...
Think a cyber attack wouldn’t happen to you?
Presentations and Webinars | Publication Date: 24 February 2022
This is a PwC cybersecurity webinar for not-for-profit organisations. Interactive virtual activity Cyber threat detection Changing business, technology and cyber threat landscape A snapshot...