Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) Project: Celebrating Year Three

September 2025 marks three years of the Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) Project. This report offers a roundup of the activities in Year 3.

It has been another busy and inspiring year for the Intersectional Stigma of Place-Based Ageing (ISPA) Project. From launching major reports and international collaborations to strengthening our Community Peer Researcher network and hosting the Inclusive Living Alliance Conference, Year 3 has been full of momentum and achievement.

You can read the full highlights in the newsletter (opens new window) (there is also an accessible version of the newsletter (opens new window)).

Alongside the newsletter, we are delighted to share ISPA’s latest blogs:

• Flushing Out Accessibility: Toilets Around Perth Project – A Community Peer Researchers’ audit of everyone's fave topic - public toilets! Looking at Perth, the blog reveals the hidden but crucial role of accessible facilities in enabling dignity, safety, and community participation.
• Långholmen Writing Retreat: Reflections from Our Early Career Network – ISPA’s Early Career Network members share how international networking and retreat spaces nurture inclusive, values-driven research cultures.
• A Volunteer’s Perspective - a call from a Community Peer Researcher to underpin the volunteering of 'lived experiences', so the ‘voice of the people’ can help to stem emergency call on health and social care services

Together, these blogs showcase the powerful voices of ISPA’s Community Peer Researchers and Early Career Network, ensuring that lived experience and new ideas remain central to ISPA’s work.