£1.3m awarded to help people to access regulated homecare through the healthy ageing challenge
Rachael Crook Lifted Co-Founder and Chief Executive Homecare platform Lifted has been awarded £ by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) as part of its healthy…
£20m announced for assistive tech projects that support healthy ageing
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) has announced £20 million for more than 25 projects to develop products and services that support healthy ageing, which include…
EXCLUSIVE: Cutting later life NHS dependency and the role of assistive tech in doing so
George MacGinnis, Healthy Ageing Challenge Director at UKRI George MacGinnis, Healthy Ageing Challenge Director at UKRI, discusses the many ways in which assistive technologies can…
£14m competition to create better services for older people so they remain independent
UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), a non-departmental public body that promotes innovation, has launched the £14 million Designed for Ageing competition. The aim of the…
Uni researchers trial innovative app to help over-50s remain independent for longer
A research project at the University of Strathclyde is exploring what helps the over-50s in Scotland stay active, healthy and independent for longer through the…
£10.7m funding for healthy ageing research to help develop better products and services
Seven research projects designed to support the UK Government’s healthy ageing agenda will share £ million in funding provided by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).…
Innovative COVID-safe electric wheelchair awarded £175k government funding
A pioneering electric wheelchair from Centaur Robotics, designed to enable social distancing and built with COVID-resistant materials, has been awarded a UK government grant of…
Thousands of lives to be saved in the UK with world-first coronavirus treatment
Announced by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), the UK Government has immediately authorised the NHS to use the world’s first coronavirus treatment…
Millions in funding up for grabs to help SMEs develop new assistive tech innovations
Small to medium-sized companies in the assistive tech arena could get the chance to develop new technologies to enhance healthy ageing and reduce the cost…
New Government competition offers £40 million for pioneering solutions to transform older age
A landmark funding competition has been launched today to boost innovations that will enable people to live better lives for longer. Led by UK Research…