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New Vacancy! Healthy Generations

January 21, 2020

With funding from the National Lottery Community Fund, the Beth Johnson Foundation is pleased to offer the opportunity to come and work with us as the Project Co-ordinator of our community based Healthy Generations Project which aims to enable people to improve their health and wellbeing through the use of digital technology. Based at our office in Hartshill, Stoke on Trent, this is a fixed term contract to the end of 2021. It is a full time role (36 hours per week) at an annual salary of £26,222 F.T.E. ... Read more

New for 2020!!

January 14, 2020

Book now for our Digital Technology and Positive Ageing Sessions. BJF are delighted to offer these free weekly workshops to people aged 50+ living in Stoke on Trent.It doesn’t matter if you don’t own a tablet or smart phone, we will bring some along. Places are limited, so book early! ... Read more

Christmas Wishes

December 23, 2019

BJF would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. In 2020 we are looking forward to helping with our various projects, may that be people with Cancer and/or Dementia, anyone who needs help with digital skills, intergenerational events etc. we will do our best to support you. ... Read more

Volunteer Co-ordinator

November 14, 2019 News

Thank you to all who applied for the exciting vacancy within our Staffordshire Cancer Support Programme (CaSP). The Cancer Support Programme is a service provided by the Beth Johnson Foundation across Staffordshire for adults living with and after a cancer diagnosis. Our aim is to help those affected by cancer to improve their quality of life. We look forward to welcoming our new Volunteer Co-ordinator in the very near future. ... Read more

Free Community Workshops for People Aged 50+

October 22, 2019 Events

Following the success of the Beth Johnson Foundation digital technology community workshops, we are delighted to offer these free sessions again to people aged 50+ living in Stoke on Trent: ... Read more

IFF report on Sustainable Funding for Social Care & Intergenerational Fairness

August 15, 2019

Peer commends inquiry report to senior Government Ministers The independent, Crossbench Peer Baroness Greengross has today written to senior members of the Government commending to them the Intergenerational Fairness Forum’s inquiry report, Sustainable Funding for Social Care & Intergenerational Fairness. To read more click here ... Read more

We Need You!

July 1, 2019

We need volunteers. We need you! Life with cancer in Staffordshire is still life; we’ll help you live it. The Cancer Support Programme (CaSP) is a partnership between the Beth Johnson Foundation and Macmillan Cancer Support. We are here to provide links to social, emotional and practical support to adults living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. The Beth Johnson Foundation has a long history of providing volunteering opportunities and are looking to recruit and train volunteers to give support to people living with and beyond cancer in Staffordshire. ... Read more

Dementia Awareness

June 16, 2019

BJF Dementia Advocates & other organisations got together to share info and highlight their work with people with Dementia for Dementia Awareness Week 2019. We have already shared pics on our social media platforms, so take a look on our Facebook and Twitter. Thanks to Affinity Outlet Talke & Longton Market. Wish we had audio on the singing of Delilah! ... Read more

There's No Bus Map for Dementia

April 30, 2019

Members of the Beth Johnson Foundation Dementia Advocacy Peer Support Group were asked to develop a ‘Comic’ about living well with Dementia with Manchester University, funded by Arts Council England. The ‘Comic’ is due to be launched in June at Manchester University. ... Read more

Support the Future

April 15, 2019

Recently, BJF hosted 1st and 2nd year medical students from Keele University. They worked with us for a few months in most strands of our work, whether it was with our Dementia Advocacy Project, Cancer Support Project, Research or Website input, they showed great interest and enthusiasm, often sharing their inspiring ideas. It was a pleasure to have them with us here at the Foundation and we look forward to carrying on our long-standing relationship with Keele in the future. ... Read more