The Active Healthy Ageing & Prevention Special Interest Group brings together experts, organisations, healthcare providers, researchers, innovators, and public stakeholders interested in promoting healthier lives and supporting people to age well.

Prevention and healthy ageing are becoming increasingly important in response to demographic change, rising rates of chronic disease, and growing pressure on healthcare and care systems. Improving quality of life requires not only access to treatment, but also earlier action, healthier lifestyles, supportive environments, and solutions that help people remain active, independent, and socially connected for longer.

This group creates a collaborative space where stakeholders can exchange knowledge, share good practices, and explore solutions that support prevention, wellbeing, and active healthy ageing. It connects medical, social, technological, and community-based perspectives, recognising that long-term health outcomes depend on coordinated action across sectors.

It is a collaborative environment for organisations and professionals who want to develop practical, people-centred approaches that improve everyday health, strengthen resilience, and support better ageing outcomes.



👥 Who this Group is for

The Active Healthy Ageing & Prevention SIG is open to organisations and individuals interested in prevention, wellbeing, and age-friendly innovation, including:

• Healthcare providers and public health professionals

• Researchers and academic institutions

• Companies developing health, wellbeing, and prevention solutions

• Rehabilitation, wellness, and lifestyle experts

• Local authorities and public institutions

• NGOs and community organisations

• Innovators working on age-friendly products and services

• Organisations supporting active living and healthy lifestyles



✨ What you gain as a Member

By joining the Active Healthy Ageing & Prevention Special Interest Group, you can:

Connect with a multidisciplinary community | Engage with professionals working across prevention, public health, healthy lifestyles, ageing, and wellbeing.

Explore practical solutions | Exchange ideas on prevention strategies, active living, rehabilitation, supportive environments, and innovations that improve quality of life.

Share knowledge and good practices | Learn from experiences across healthcare, research, community initiatives, and business.

Identify collaboration opportunities | Build partnerships for projects, pilots, programmes, and cross-sector initiatives.

Support people-centred innovation | Contribute to solutions that help people stay healthier, more independent, and more active for longer.

Strengthen long-term health impact | Help shape approaches that reduce disease burden and support more sustainable health and care systems.



🔍 Why this matters

Health systems cannot rely only on treatment. They must also invest in prevention, healthy living, and solutions that support people throughout the ageing process.

Without stronger collaboration in this area, many promising initiatives remain fragmented and their impact remains limited. Building a coordinated ecosystem around prevention and healthy ageing helps:

• improve quality of life and long-term wellbeing

• support healthier lifestyles and earlier intervention

• reduce the burden of chronic disease

• promote independence and active participation in later life

• create more age-friendly and resilient communities

• support more sustainable healthcare and care systems

Active Healthy Ageing & Prevention aims to ensure that prevention and wellbeing become central elements of modern health innovation and everyday practice.



🤝 Together, we support healthier lives and better ageing for all.