SPARC brings together researchers, practitioners
and policy makers in ageing. It specialises in
communicating the latest design, engineering and biological ageing-related
research to all stakeholders, making
the case about the benefits for an ageing population of scientific research,
and it encourages new blood into ageing
research. Although funding for SPARC ended in December 2008, SPARC is continuing to function from the University of Reading within a new initiative - KT-EQUAL which commenced in January 2009. Soon KT-EQUAL will have its own website but for the time being news and information about SPARC and KT-EQUAL events are being handled by the SPARC website.