InCommon has been running the Age-Friendly Awards since 2023 in partnership in partnership with Clarion Futures, the charitable foundation of the UK’s largest housing association Clarion Housing Group, and the #iwill Fund. The event is designed to celebrate intergenerational social action in communities across England.

Age-Friendly Awards 2025

Our most recent event was the 2025 Age-Friendly Awards, which took place during Global Intergenerational Week on Wednesday 30th April 2025. The event was held at the beautiful Appleby Blue Almshouse and celebrated individuals and organisations across England that have been making their communities more age-friendly through intergenerational social action.

Click this link to read our CEO’s reflections of the day.

The award winners

On the day, the Intergenerational Social Action Board presented the following 12 awards. You can read more information about the award winners by clicking this link.

• Outstanding Scheme Manager: Julie King

• Youth Worker Award: Cara Hedges

• Community Hero Award: Sumaya Mahmood

• Best Media Award: Whitechapel Stories (Sidney Street Mural)

• Most Inclusive Award: Goofus Theatre

• Best Campaign Award: Mill Bank and the Foxton Youth Ambassadors

• Creativity Award: The Together Project's Songs & Smiles

• Dream Intergenerational Team Award: The Gladrags Secret Society

• Changing Perceptions Award: Fernbees Day Nursery

• Best Intergenerational Project for Babies and Toddlers: The Together Project's Songs & Smiles

• Best Intergenerational Project for Under 11s: Living Lives Together

• Best Intergenerational Project for Under 20s: Magic Me's 'Her Story, Our Inspiration' film project