A number of organisations have joined forces to support the APPG for Longevity.  Together these organisations represent the cutting edge of research, policy and innovation in healthy longevity. They support us because they share our vision of a future of healthy, longer lives for all. Have a listen now to the fascinating insights and perspectives of some of the leaders of our sponsor companies.

Key Supporters

PAI Health

PAI (Personal Activity Intelligence) is the first scientifically validated metric that provides a personalized prescription for physical activity to live a longer, healthier life. Derived from one of the world’s largest health studies, maintaining 100 PAI or more has been associated with reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease mortality by an average of 25%. 

PAI Health enables organizations to assess and guide people to better health, reducing health risk and costs. Our device agnostic software is based on heart rate taken from wearables and works for all types of activities, as well as for people at any fitness level.

Our vision is to become the global health standard for physical activity making PAI available world-wide through partnerships with corporate wellness programs, health platforms, insurers, and public health providers.

Gemserv

Gemserv plays an integral role across a wide range of industries – from energy and health through to the public sector and wider industry base – interacting and engaging with stakeholders ranging from small businesses to regulators and government departments. Their projects range from the effective governance of the national UK electricity customer switching regime to providing an end-to-end security and data protection risk assessment of the Irish smart metering rollout to protect the integrity of the programme.

Healthcare RM

Healthcare RM makes a positive difference to people by enabling them to take control of their health and improve their wellbeing. The company provides programmes and advice to support employees to take control of their health and be the best that they can be, to help individuals live younger for longer and reducing the need for clinical interventions, and to enable organisations to prevent physical and psychological harm to their employees and members of the public.

Cells4Life

Cells4Life is the UK’s largest cord blood bank, helping parents to collect and store stem cells from umbilical cord blood and tissue for future therapeutic use. Founded in 2002, the company was established by scientists and medics who believed that stem cells were the future of medicine, and that the umbilical cord was one of the richest sources of these powerful cells. Cells4Life is a research led company and its leading position is based on its patented TotiCyte technology which provides 3x more stem cells at the point of treatment. Based in the South of England, Cells4Life is a net exporter and has stored more than 140,000 samples across its two state-of-the-art facilities. The company has also performed stem cell collections in more than 50 countries.

Muhdo

Health and wellbeing is in your hands with Muhdo, a complete holistic wellness plan looking deep in to your genetics. We’re all similar BUT different. We know that eating healthy or moving more will improve our wellbeing. Muhdo looks into the small aspects that make us different - our DNA and the way our DNA responds to our environment and lifestyle.

retailTRUST

The mission of retailTRUST is to improve the lives of all involved in retail and the supporting service industries. This includes wholesaling, distribution and manufacturing for retail and all support services. Increasingly, many of those we support are from digital retail backgrounds.  The welfare of everyone involved is our their focus and they offer support through physical, emotional, financial, vocational and educational wellbeing and in particular, for the over 55s in supported living services. 

Ipsos Mori

Ipsos Mori are passionately curious about Society, Markets and People. “Game Changers” – their tagline – summarises their ambition: ’we provide true understanding and make our changing world easier to navigate, so that our clients can make faster, smarter and bolder decisions.

The Health Foundation

The Health Foundation, funder of the Open Life Data Framework, is an independent charity committed to bringing about better health and health care for people in the UK. Their aim is a healthier population, supported by high quality health care that can be equitably accessed. They learn what works to make people’s lives healthier and improve the health care system. From giving grants to those working at the front line to carrying out research and policy analysis, they shine a light on how to make successful change happen. They make links between the knowledge gained from working with those delivering health and health care and our research and analysis. Their aspiration is to create a virtuous circle, using what works on the ground to inform effective policy-making and vice versa.

Accenture

Accenture solves its clients' toughest challenges by providing unmatched services in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. They partner with more than three-quarters of the Fortune Global 500, driving innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. With expertise across more than 40 industries and all business functions, Accenture delivers transformational outcomes for a demanding new digital world.

AGENDA

AGENDA are revolutionising how we design and build for our future selves. We are developing properties and neighbourhoods that are designed to extend healthspans as well as enabling independence as residents grow older. We have a vision to make growing older the best it can possibly be. Webelieve that a well-designed home and living space can actively encourage good health and improve quality of life. Through person centered design and collaborations with some of the best minds across diverse industries, we are enriching later life by creating living environments which are both aspirational and functional.

Biogerontology Research Foundation

The Biogerontology Research Foundation has been constituted as a charity in the UK to support the application of our knowledge of the mechanisms of ageing to the relief of disability, suffering and disease in old age. In 2017 the BGRF forged a partnership with the Oxford University Scientific Society (OUSS) to jointly engage in and support ageing research-oriented public outreach and education activities within Oxford University, including the release of the Longevity Podcast by BGRF Director of Public Outreach and Education and OUSS President Jack Stefaniak, featuring analysis of the latest research in geroscience and interviews with the field’s key thought leaders.

Other Supporters

Over 30 other organisations are involved as supporting partners including Public Health England, Health Foundation, King’s Fund, Health Data Research UK, Resolution Foundation, The UCL Institute of Health Equity, Ageing Research at King's College London (ARK), National Innovation Centre for Ageing, Academic Health Science Network, Genomics England, Alzheimer’s Research UK, UK Research & Innovation, University of Sheffield Healthy Lifespan Institute, Centre for Ageing Better, Future Care Capital, Centre for Progressive Policy, Sustrans, European Society of Preventive Medicine, UK Active, Open Age, Aging 2.0, Innovation Warehouse, What Works Wellbeing, Older, Ogilvy,  Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and Aging Analytics Agency. Here is some detail on those partners most heavily involved in the development of the National Strategy:

The King's Fund

The King's Fund is an independent charity working to improve health and care in England. Their vision is that the best possible health and care is available to all. Their strategic priorities are to::

• drive improvements in health and wellbeing across places and communities

• improve health and care for people with the worst health outcomes

• support people and leaders working in health and care.

Public Health England

Public Health England exist to protect and improve the nation's health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. They are an executive agency of the Department of Health and Social Care, and a distinct organisation with operational autonomy, providing overnment, local government, the NHS, Parliament, industry and the public with evidence-based professional, scientific expertise and support.

ARK (Ageing Research at King’s College London)

Ageing Research at King's (ARK) is a cross-faculty multidisciplinary consortium of investigators which brings together scholarship and research in ageing in several complementary areas. ARK represents King’s world class excellence for research on the biology of ageing, from the basic mechanisms in biogerontology to clinical translation and the social impact of ageing.The primary purpose of ARK is to enhance multidisciplinary research collaborations within King’s to better understand the mechanisms of ageing and improving health-span. As ageing consists of complex systems at the level of biology, psychology and society, in order to understand the processes of ageing and the nature of old age itself, it is important to bring together learning and research from a number of key disciplines.

Longevity Leaders

Longevity Leaders are a global network of influential leaders from the worlds of ageing science, consumer products, finance, technology and investment. Their events sit at the centre of a global ecosystem, connecting people, knowledge and investment in emerging longevity sectors. Their mission is to advance innovations that will extend human health span and enable financial, physical and mental wellness in later life.

www.longevityleaders.com

European Society of Preventive Medicine (ESPREVMED)

ESPREVMED works at the intersection of research, clinical medicine and public health with a focus on the prevention and prediction of chronic diseases (noncommunicable diseases, NCDs). Dr Michael Sagner is Director of the Board of ESPREVMED and Editor-in-Chief of PROGPREVMED, the official journal of ESPREVMED, an open access, peer reviewed journal publishing high quality research that contributes to implementing preventive, personalized, predictive and participatory (P4) medicine.

Digital Health and Care Alliance (DHACA)

DHACA is a not-for-profit member-led organisation that supports digital health companies with their growth and expansion plans. To achieve this we 1) organise regular sessions to keep members updated on relevant developments; 2) provide mentoring and matchmaking services to members; 3) represent digital health SMEs to Government; 4) disseminate useful information

We aim to further the cause of digital health and care systems in the UK and Europe. We are sponsored by the AHSN Network. We currently have 850 members, primarily from the digital health & care SME community. We are managed by a Board, currently comprising five directors.

University of Sheffield Healthy Lifespan Institute

The Healthy Lifespan Institute is uniting over 120 world-class researchers from a wide range of disciplines to tackle the global epidemic of multimorbidity – the presence of two or more chronic conditions – in a bid to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care. The Institute has a pioneering approach to multimorbidity, the presence of two or more of the chronic health conditions that create disability and poor quality of life in old age; their mission is to prevent or delay multimorbidity, or to mitigate its effects.

Aging Analytics Agency

Aging Analytics Agency is a subsidiary of Deep Knowledge Ventures, working with a consortium of organizations including the Biogerontology Research Foundation,  Deep Knowledge Life Sciences, Deep Knowledge Analytics and Longevity.International.  It is dedicated to the production of state-of-the-art industry analytical reports on the topics of Longevity, Personalized & Preventive Medicine, and the convergence of technologies such as AI, Blockchain, Digital Health and their impact on the healthcare industry.  Recent reports include Global Longevity Industry Landscape Overview “The Science of Longevity”, and “The Business of Longevity”, as well as a special case-study, Longevity Industry in the UK Landscape Overview.

Future Care Capital

Future Care Capital (FCC) is a charity aiming to facilitate and stimulate a national debate around health and social care provision. As a provider of insight and analysis, FCC uses campaigns, policy papers and a supporting programme of events to inform public policy. FCC also has a keen interest in how technology can transform health and social care outcomes, a focus of its policy activities and wider partnership work.  Alongside policy and advocacy work, FCC aims to support innovative ventures, acting as a specialist start-up funder and investor through its separate Innovation Fund. This venture capital fund (FCC Ventures) is a subsidiary of FCC and is currently fundraising. The Fund will invest in early stage high-tech health and care companies; the long-term vision is to create an evergreen fund. The overarching philosophy of the Fund is to drive positive societal benefit and its key focus areas are: digital health, assisted living, services (with a high tech, high growth angle) and Class I medical devices (the least invasive). FCC believes that focused investment in these areas can, if targeted effectively, work across traditional boundaries to deliver improved health and social care outcomes.

Age Tech & Longevity Accelerator, Innovation Warehouse

Innovation Warehouse was founded in 2010 as a community for digital high-growth start-ups in London. The idea was brought to life by a group of entrepreneurs and angel investors with significant experience and a proven track record of working with start-ups. Innovation Warehouse houses one of the UK’s leading AgeTech and Longevity Hubs and provides support to over 200 entrepreneurs, angels and mentors.  Through their partnerships with organisations such as Aging2.0, academic, commercial and medical bodies, and network of active investors the Hub assists early stage businesses in AI, Genomics, IoT, Data, Robotics, FinTech, E-Commerce, Ageless Design, HealthTech and Wearables.  Typical investment sizes range between £150k – £500k.

Health Data Research UK is uniting the UK’s health data to enable discoveries that improve people’s lives.

Health Data Research UK is uniting the UK’s health data to enable discoveries that improve people’s lives.We are an independent, non profit organisation supported by 10 funders and bring together 22 research institutes across the UK.Our vision is that every health and care interaction and research endeavour will be enhanced by access to large scale data and advanced analytics.

The Resolution Foundation

The Resolution Foundation is an independent think-tank focused on improving the living standards for those on low to middle incomes. We work across a wide range of economic and social policy, combining our core purpose with a commitment to analytical rigour. These twin pillars of rigour and purpose underpin everything we do and make us the leading UK authority on securing widely-shared economic growth.

The UCL Institute of Health Equity

The UCL Institute of Health Equity was established in 2011 and is led by Professor Sir Michael Marmot. Their aim is to develop and support approaches to health equity and build on work that has assessed, measured  and implemented approaches to tackle inequalities in health - works such as the ‘WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health’ and ‘Fair Society Healthy Lives’ (The Marmot Review). Since 2011, the Institute has led and collaborated on works to address the Social Determinants of Health and improve health equity.

Newcastle Innovation Centre for Ageing

Set up in 2014, the UK's National Innovation Centre for Ageing is a world-leading organisation, created with a £40 million investment from UK Government and Newcastle University. Their vision is to create a world in which we all live better, for longer. They lead on innovations that improve all aspects of life for our ageing societies; work collaboratively to create a society that is better equipped to meet the opportunities and challenges associated with ageing populations; bring together world-leading innovation experts, scientists, industry and the public, to develop, test and bring to market products and services which enhance and improve all aspects of life for our ageing societies; and continually challenge what we know about growing older

Genomics England

Genomics England was set up to deliver the 100,000 Genomes Project. This flagship project will sequence 100,000 whole genomes from NHS patients with rare diseases, and their families, as well as patients with common cancers. The 100,000 Genomes Project is mainly funded by the National Institute for Health Research and NHS England. The Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK and the Medical Research Council have also generously funded research and infrastructure in the programme

The Centre for Ageing Better is a charity, funded by an endowment from The National Lottery Community Fund, working to create a society where everyone enjoys a good later life.

We are living longer than ever before but millions of us risk missing out on a good later life.   The Centre for Ageing Better is focused on bringing about lasting changes in society that make a difference to people’s experience of later life, now and in the future. This means more people in fulfilling work, in good health, living in safe, accessible homes and connected communities. We must act now to secure a better future for everyone. 

Lifespan.io

Since 2016 Lifespan.io has launched multiple projects aimed at educating the public about aging research, including the news outlet, Journal Club, Longevity Investor Network and the Rejuvenation Roadmap that help people to track the progress of therapies that target the aging processes to prevent or delay age-related diseases.