Joseph CascianiGeropsychologist, Consultant, Public Speaking, Freelance · Podcast Host of the Living to 100 Club | Clinical Strategies for Senior Residential Settings & Lifestyle Directors | Geropsychologist | Keynote Speaker

The Freebird Club: Global Social Community Connecting Travelers and Locals with Peter Mangan

4 Sept 2024 · 1 min

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In this excerpt, Peter Mangan recounts the initial phase of creating the Freebird (Fribourg) Club, a social community aimed at positive aging. He describes winning a place in the Impact Hub Fellowship for Longer Lives, a selective three‑month program that provided mentorship and business coaching to develop his idea. As part of the fellowship, he conducted focus‑group sessions with a London‑based aging charity, using these meetings to road‑test his early concept, which he initially called “Silver Sharers.” The narrative highlights the structured support, early validation efforts, and the evolution of the project's branding.

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When I started on this journey, I was, I was in a kind of a boot camp for ideas to do with positive aging. In fact, I was, I won a place in what was called the Impact Hub Fellowship for Longer Lives. And it was a 3-month program that you had to be selected for, to, to explore and expand on ideas to address the challenges and opportunities of a rapidly aging society. And with Fribourg Club, with at the very early stage idea. I got into that. Anyway, I was getting mentored and coached in terms of how to bring this to life and a business plan and all the rest of it. And as part of that, I had some focus group sessions with an aging charity in London. And they had a few centers around the city. And so I was basically out road testing the concept at the very earliest stage. And I was calling it Silver Sharers as a kind of a draft name.