Age Without Limits Day: Micro-grants and

Apply for a micro-grant to take action on the Age Without Limits Day on 11th June 2025. This year the theme of Age Without Limits Day is Celebrate Ageing. Challenge Ageism. The deadline for applications is 5pm 10th February 2025.  

What is Age Without Limits?

Age Without Limits is the Centre for Ageing Better’s campaign to challenge ageism for the benefit of us all as we grow older. The Age Without Limits campaign runs activities across the year to change how we all think and act about age and challenge ageism.

We all have a role in making this happen. Together, we can create a society where age is celebrated, and everyone, regardless of their age, can lead a life of dignity, respect, and opportunity. And Age Without Limits Day is a brilliant opportunity to get involved.

Why do we need Age Without Limits?

Ageism is the prejudice that’s hidden in plain sight. It’s embedded in our society and even accepted as normal by those of us who are older. We see and hear casual ageism every day in the media, on TV, at work, in pubs / cafes, on social media, in family conversations.

Ageism is often dismissed as being harmless, but research shows that ageist ideas or beliefs can be incredibly damaging for us as individuals and for wider society. They affect how we think about and act towards other people - how we talk to older people and how we talk about them, how we treat older people in our workplaces, in our communities, and even in health settings.

We also internalise these negative ideas about ageing. They become a self-fulfilling prophecy, affecting our self-esteem and what we think we are capable or worthy of as we get older. Then we can start to limit our opportunities and activities such as our physical activity or the way we dress.

It doesn’t have to be this way. Thinking negatively about ageing and older people has been accepted and ignored for too long. Age Without Limits is here to change that. Getting older can have its challenges but being treated unfairly because of your age should never be one of them.

Age Without Limits are running a micro-grant programme for a second year to support community groups and local voluntary sector organisations to take action on the Age Without Limits Day on Wednesday 11th June 2025. The theme for this year is Celebrate Ageing. Challenge Ageism.

Please note: East Riding of Yorkshire is a member of the UK Network of  Age-friendly Communities so any group based in the ERYC area is eligible to apply.

Online information sessions

Everyone who is interested in making a micro-grant application is encouraged to attend one of the two online information sessions the Centre is running:

Thursday 16th January 2-3pm - register HERE

Tuesday 21st January 12-1pm - register HERE

In these sessions the Centre will talk through why they are offering the opportunity, what they want to fund and who is eligible. This will also be an opportunity for you to ask any questions you have about the Age Without Limits Day or the micro-grant opportunity.

Before attending these sessions, please read through all information and documents below. 

If you have any other questions, please email grants@ageing-better.org.uk