"This site is home for an exploration into how innovations, enabled by digital technology, can help support personal well being, and services for ageing better. It builds on an earlier exploration carried out in 2012-13 for the Nominet Trust. "

"The workshop that Drew Mackie and I ran last week, exploring how to help people adopt digital technology, is part of a suite of games and other methods we are developing, with Sangeet Bhullar, under the title of Living Lab. I wrote then that I would explain further - so here goes."

"In October, over 6 days at the OXO Tower Southbank, Trading Times will host one of the most significant public debates in a generation - 'The Age of No Retirement?'"

Provided expert advice and scoped requirements for the development of NHS Online, a proposed portal and community of practice for medical and support staff in the NHS. Facilitated a workshop involving senior managers and stakeholders from DH, NHS, PCTs and RHA's. Produced options paper with recommendations.

"his design study looks at how social networking technology can better support older people in maintaining connections to the individuals and groups that mean the most to them. People over 60 tend to use the internet in different ways to younger people and most current social networking sites offer little incentive for them to engage. An older person is more likely to use the internet for information rather than social communication or entertainment, currently the primary focus of many sites."

"The Centre for Social Action Innovation Fund is a £14m fund run by Nesta, the UK's Innovation Foundation, working in partnership with the Cabinet Office."

"n summary: the dtlater exploration showed a lot of action in the field of social technology and later life, but also suggested that more could be achieved through great cooperation. As a next step we are going to experiment with some active social reporting and network building to try and show how that might be possible. It's an adhoc initiative by the team who have now completed the first phase of work."

"The Social Learning Network has been set up to foster conversations about the potential use of social, informal online learning in civil society"

Go On UK aims to make the UK the most digitally capable nation in the world. We are a charity with a big aim. We won't understate the scale of the challenge - but neither will we hide the size of the opportunity. Working alongside our inspiring Founder Partners, we want to ensure that everyone and every organisation - from small business to large corporations and charities - is able to enjoy the social, economic and cultural benefits of the internet.

"Independent Age, the charity that provides lifelong support to older people in need, has pledged to get older people online and help them stay there, enabling them to reap the benefits of improved links to the wider community."

"This think-piece by Richard Berry develops a 'system map' of digital exclusion"

"Welcome to Silverhairs. Full of informative features, special offers, discounts, competitions, helpful forums, social networks and much much more for the over 50s. Receive all the latest offers by registering for our Newsletter"

As part of its ongoing open consultation, Nominet Trust brought together a group of experts this past week to think about how technology might be used to realise new opportunities - and address the persistent challenges such as social isolation, access to adequate care and pensioner poverty - facing people in later life. We weren't looking at how adding digital might make existing services more cost-effective or efficient; nor were we seeking specific solutions. Instead we were hoping to define some areas that would benefit from social innovation with technology.

It is estimated that approximately 70 per cent of Europe's wealth is in the hands of the over 50s. In the last 20 years, consumption within that age bracket has risen three times as fast as the rest of the population. By the same token, the latest research carried out in Ireland showed that only 25 percent of over 50s in Ireland have IT skills. Yet there is no massive push on the part of advertisers and marketers to get older people online. Surely with the massive growth of online advertising and by extension online shopping, one would assume more of that "old money" would be aimed at?"

"This page is a listing of ideas contributed in advance of the 23 October 2012 meeting at the RSA. It has been 'scraped' by Conrad Taylor from the projects online social space and from the group's open Google Doc; plus some ideas added later by Conrad himself."

We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK - so that we can be here for everyone in later life.

We provide an information and advice service for older people, their families and carers, focusing on social care, welfare benefits and befriending services. This is integrated with local support, including one-to-one and group befriending schemes.

"The International Longevity Centre-UK is the leading think tank on longevity and demographic change. It is an independent, non-partisan think-tank dedicated to addressing issues of longevity, ageing and population change. We develop ideas, undertake research and create a forum for debate. Much of our work is directed at the highest levels of government and the civil service, both in London and Brussels. We have a reputation as a respected think tank which works, often with key partner organisations, to inform important decision-making processes. We are aided in this work by our Chief Executive, Baroness Sally Greengross, former director-general of Age Concern and now a cross-bench peer."

"we are the interface here in the South West between older people's representatives and the organisations whose policies, products and services impact upon them."

"Shaw Trust is a national charity which supports disabled and disadvantaged people to prepare for work, find jobs and live more independently. We believe everyone has the right to work and we have campaigned for 30 years to turn our vision into a reality. Every year we work with over 75,000 clients who face barriers due to disability, ill health or social circumstance. Thousands of employers and public sector organisations also benefit from our range of services for business. We are the UK's largest third sector provider and one of the Government's lead partners in the delivery of employment programmes for disabled and disadvantaged people."