What we achieved last year

ILC is the UK’s leading authority on the impact of longevity on society and our impact in 2025 was significant.

We hosted 50 events in 11 countries, reaching nearly 3,000 people directly, including landmark engagements at the UN’s Second World Summit on Social Development and alongside the World Health Assembly in Geneva.

We gave evidence to the Lords Economic Affairs Committee and the Work and Pensions Committee. And brought together the UK’s ageing policy and research community at our very successful Future of Ageing 2025.

We published 16 reports on issues spanning local economic opportunity, global prevention levers and the future of the intergenerational contract. We launched the UK Better Lives Index, and reached millions through media coverage and podcasts.

Take a look at our impact report below.

What we have achieved in 2024

ILC is the UK’s leading authority on the impact of longevity on society. We combine evidence, solutions and networks to make change happen. We help governments, policymakers, businesses and employers in the UK and across the world develop and implement solutions to ensure we all live happier, healthier and more fulfilling longer lives.

Over the last year, we have:

• Published 12 policy reports and held 61 events in 14 countries across the world.
• Spearheaded the debate around the sustainability of the State Pension Age.
• Helped inform the Tobacco and Vapes Bill by making the economic case for tighter regulation and progressive smoking age.
• Held events from the Palace of Westminster to the fringes of the G20, WHO and UN assemblies, with Government Ministers and Embassies from the UK, US, Italy, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Singapore and Saudi Arabia.
• Engaged with major retailers on the need to adapt products, service and their workforce to an ageing society.
• Hosted delegations of senior Government officials from South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan to inform their ageing strategies.

Take a look at our impact report below.

Our work over the past 25+ years

Since its inception in 1997, ILC has published over 400 reports and organised well over 500 events in 20 countries, including the annual Future of Ageing conference.

Over the past quarter of a century, we have:

• Held events at No 10, alongside G20 and G7 summits, the WHO and UN assemblies, with speakers including King Charles and Government Ministers from the UK, US, Canada, Japan, Singapore and South Africa.
• Been instrumental in the set-up of the UK Government’s first Older People’s Housing Taskforce to plan for future housing needs in an ageing society.
• Convinced G20 Ministers to put greater focus on the prevention of ill health.
• Made it possible for people with dementia to have relationships in care homes, producing a best practice guide for carers.
• Worked with employers to prepare for an ageing workforce and develop age-friendly standards and practices.
• Created and launched the Healthy Ageing and Prevention Index, which has been visited more than 5,000 times by users in more than 50 countries.

Take a look at ILC’s achievements over the years below.