Age Uk Oxfordshire, in collaboration with the Campaign to End Loneliness Partners: An international conference presenting current evidence and guiding action to tackle a major health and social challenge ... Read more
Older people in drive to bridge generation gap. Britain’s over 65s believe they can provide valuable advice to the country’s younger generations – but they often don’t get the opportunity to share their wisdom. ... Read more
Culture, Health and Wellbeing ... Read more
The 29th of April, the European Day of Solidarity between Generations, is a good opportunity to give visibility to the many initiatives across the EU and remind of the need of greater solidarity and cooperation between age groups in our ageing societies. In the framework of the 2012 European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, this 4th EU Day offers the opportunity to further highlight the need to develop and support grass root initiatives that support greater participation of older people for the benefit of all age groups in society. ... Read more
Review, the Journal of Life Academy, features in it's Spring 2012 edition an article contributed by Lynne Wealleans, BJF’s Positive Ageing Manager.... ... Read more
Lynne Wealleans, Positive Ageing Manager was invited to contribute to a Public Policy Exchange www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk Symposium in London on 17 April entitled Caring for our Future: Supporting Active Ageing in the UK. ... Read more
Alan Hatton-Yeo, The Beth Johnson Foundation's CEO, is proposing the motion "this house believes that our cities are not prepared for an ageing population" ... Read more
You may well know about Historypin, the online communal archive created that brings people, from across different generations, cultures and places, to share photos, videos, stories and to build up the huge story of human history. ... Read more
Lynne Wealleans, BJF’s Positive Ageing Manager presented last week at the European Conference New Dynamics of Learning and Ageing: Research, Policy and Practice held at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. ... Read more
Over the next few months we are refreshing our priorities for the future. Tell us what you think we need to focus on ... Read more
BJF are thrilled to share with you, Jon, our Tech Buddy volunteer with our Healthy Generations project, has been awarded the& ...Read more
The first ever Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Digital Champion Awards 2021, results with Wavemaker were announced last week. We ...Read more
This new space has been introduced on our website so that staff and volunteers can capture and share contemporary issues faci ...Read more
As we move on the icons are changing on our monthly infographic of how we are helping people during the difficult year, showing cl ...Read more
