They say that if exercise was a pill, it’d be worth trillions of dollars. Its benefits on physical (and mental) health are remarkable. If there’s an equivalent killer app for loneliness, it may well be communal cooking lessons. In reality, the multi-faceted benefits stemming from Diaspo, a fast-moving UK startup that offers intergenerational virtual cooking […]
Communities
A ‘Silver Bond’ to fund healthy ageing in communities?
Could a new silver bond finance cross-cutting local projects that are needed to help communities build and scale age-friendly initiatives? Blue bonds, green bonds… The World Bank has recently financed a ‘Blue Bond‘ that aims to fund improvements in fisheries. It’s an evolution of a green bond, and is described as “an innovative financial instrument […]