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UKSPA Directory 2017
The brand new National
Innovation Centre For
Ageing is due to open
in Newcastle in 2020
National
Innovation
Centre for
Ageing
L ocati on
Level 4
Time Central
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4BF
C ontact detai l s
Patrick Bonnett
Deputy Director
T: 0191 2082508
E: [email protected]
www.ncl.ac.uk/nica
A globally ageing population presents
both challenges and opportunities.
The key challenges include:
• Living better for longer: keeping people
as healthy as possible as they age
• Ageing in place: helping them stay
in their own homes
• Maintaining quality of life when
illness develops
Matching Demands and Needs
Older people are a large proportion of
consumers with potential economic
advantages. They can offer extended
employment and post-retirement options
such as volunteering. This adds productive
value as well as enhancing social unity.
The National Innovation Centre for
Ageing (NICA) will match the needs and
demands of an ageing population, with
world-leading science, technology and
design. The Centre will bring together
business, academia and the public to
stimulate innovation of products and
services that make older lives better.
This will be achieved in an iconic new
building, to be shared with innovation
experts and businesses. Part-funded by
the Medical Research Council, the
building, open from 2020, will be at the
heart of Newcastle Science Central.
and geographic boundaries. The location
will include public space, a range of hard
and soft facilities available for businesses
and the public to use, together with
co-location space for businesses to rent.
Businesses taking space will be prioritised
against NICA’s key objectives.
NICA will help businesses and
organisations to innovate for an ageing
society. Through their public network,
the Centre will provide an understanding
of potential customers and their needs.
Though an extensive business network,
the NICA team will identify partners to
support the development of later stage
prototypes. These can be tested and
evaluated with the support of
experienced researchers, who will also
advise companies when searching for
a route to market.
E xperts in ageing
As part of Newcastle University, The
National Innovation Centre for Ageing
(NICA) can draw on more than 20 years of
ageing research. This positions Newcastle
University Institute for Ageing among a
handful of global leaders in the field, with
a vision to examine and seek better
understanding on all aspects of ageing
in order to create a society where all can
Live Better for Longer. ■
Working with Business
The innovation precinct will be a place
where people work together in creative
and entrepreneurial ways, supporting
interaction between sectors, disciplines
Tran sp or t l i nks
Short walk from Newcastle Central
Served by A1, A19 and A69
15 mins from Newcastle Airport
N e a r by
Str a te g i c n e tw o r k
Newcastle City Centre
Sunderland
Middlesbrough
University of Newcastle
Medical Research Council
National Innovation Centre for Data