1. Tomorrow, Today Helping Business Respond To An Ageing Society Corporate Management Team Suffolk County Council 25 June 2013

2. Society is changing. More people are living longer than ever before. By 2030 there will be more people aged over sixty than those aged under fifteen. Over 60’s Under 15’s In the future our workers will be older.

3. How can we respond to these challenges? Progress Towards Healthy Ageing in Europe European Union Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity (PROGRESS) Public Health Suffolk

4. What Progress does… Five European partners working to promote active & healthy lifestyles Share good practice Produce academic papers & policy advice Introduce & trial innovative health tools

5. individuals identify and reduce health risks through better lifestyle choices Regional Delivery in Suffolk

6. enables employers to better understand and improve workplace health and wellbeing

7. What is the Business Case? Illness & disability increase with age £840 is the average cost of absence per employee 29 % of employers are already experiencing a rising average age of employee Employers report a 15% reduction in sickness absence following introduction of health manager

8. visit the website and complete a questionnaire set health goals they want to achieve tailored healthy living advice helps people lead a healthy life Instant personal health report It’s simple

9. Progress to date international conferences health interventions underway support for strategic objectives membership of European Innovation Union Mainstreaming of Health Manager tools

10. any Questions?

11. David Cain – Project Manager david.cain@suffolk.gov.uk Elspeth Gibson – Project lead www.progresshealthyageing.eu @agehealthy