Project Lead​

Senior Lecturer in Social and Organisational Psychology in the School of Psychology, University of Kent

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Dr Hannah Swift is a senior lecturer in social and organisational psychology at the University of Kent. She has published widely on ageism, attitudes to age and age-inequality issues and was involved in analysing the first cross-European survey on ageism. 

 

She helped develop a National Barometer Of Prejudice for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and  has conducted research for the Department for Work and Pensions, Age UK and the Centre for Ageing Better.

 

In her latest work she is applying social psychological theories to understanding and addressing ageism in fashion.

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Co-Social Imagination Lead /​

Practitioner​

Director of Canopy, a not for profit supporting communities to reimagine the mindsets and structures which prevent them from flourishing

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Hannah is a storyteller and a researcher, worked in ethical fashion for 10 years and loves upcycling clothing and swearing at her sewing machine.

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Through Canopy, Hannah and Dave have worked together for 7 years exploring how people of all ages can creatively explore their relationship to time as they age. Joint projects include: Restor(y)ing Retirement as part of the Transitions in Later Life programme funded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Artistic Explorations of Ageing a series of Artist-led online workshops, The ‘imaginarium’ for The Age of Creativity Festival, and Make Your Legacy. 

Co-Social Imagination Lead /​

Practitioner

Research Associate at the Centre for Policy on Ageing

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Dave Martin has been involved in the "Age Space" since 1996 firstly as Assistant Director at the London Borough of Camden leading upon the ‘Vulnerable Older People’s Project’, a corporate programme in partnership with health and voluntary sector groups seeking to reduce the risk of vulnerability amongst elders in Camden.

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Dave became an Associate Director with Better Government for Older People (BGOP). Currently Dave is an Associate with The Centre for Policy on Ageing and a member of the Expert Panel for the National Lottery Community Fund Ageing Better programme.