In this first episode of a two-parter looking at how inequality drives social isolation, we take both a practical and academic approach to the subject, featuring interviews with Professor James Nazroo, an expert in ageing and inequalities and we re-join a conversation between Ambition for Ageing lead in Bury, Julie Bentley and Sharon Summers.

Topics covered include how inequalities can have an impact on the opportunities people have to have a say in their local communities, the impact of inequality on people as they age, the stark health outcomes that are connected to these inequalities and how an off-the-cuff suggestion led to a Rainbow Train to celebrate Pride.

A transcript of this podcast is available at www.ambitionforageing.org.uk/podcast

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Further reading

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· Fair Society Healthy Lives is the official title of The Marmot Review. Published in 2010, this was an independent review to propose the most effective evidence-based strategies for reducing health inequalities in England.

· Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On looks at the findings of the Marmot Review and analyses what has changed since its publication.

· Public Health England’s review on the disparities in risks and outcomes of Covid-19.

· The Centre for Ageing Betterhave inequalities as one of their focuses.

· We published a Toolkit for Inclusion in Practice, which provides 24 real case studies illustrating different ways of equalities approach to programme design.

· The National Lottery Community Fund published Engaging Marginalised People Over 50 as their fourth Learning Report, bringing together learning from all 14 partnerships.

· The Ambition for Ageing Equalities Board created a spatial model to support working with marginalised communities.

· The Ambition for Ageing Equalities Board also published a briefing on how to make age-friendly neighbourhoods inclusive.

· The event page for Bury Rainbow Train.

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Ambition for Ageing is a Greater Manchester-wide cross-sector partnership aimed at creating more age-friendly places and empowering people to live fulfilling lives as they age. Ambition for Ageing is part of Ageing Better, a program set up by the National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.  Ageing Better aims to develop creative ways for older people to be actively involved in their local communities, helping to combat social isolation and loneliness. Ambition for Ageing is led by Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary Organisation, the voluntary community and social enterprise sector support and development organisation covering the Greater Manchester city region. The theme tune for this podcast is Air by Iliya Troyanov, and any indents this season are taken from his track Tide. Both are used under a creative commons license from his album Fugue.