The Guardian reports today about the growing number of older people being lonely and feeling isolated. A large proportion still have families and friends yet do not have that human contact and social involvement; this may be due to many reasons such as distance or finances. ... Read more
Today Paul Burstow writes in the Guardian saying 'A supply of reliable, good quality care is urgently needed to meet the needs of our ageing population. More needs to be done to provide leadership and invest in staff'. The report mentions the statement from Jeremy Hunt, speaking to a local government office that families need to take greater responsibility for the care of their loved ones; in reality there are a high number of people who do not have any children. ... Read more
Today a campaign has been launched for Stoke-on-Trent to become the country's first Dementia Friendly City as reported in the Sentinel. ... Read more
Book now for Ageing Without Children's (AWOC) Conference 2016 - 'Building Our Rainbow' Practical Inspiration For Later Life ... Read more
The ECIL (European Certificate of Intergenerational Learning) course introduces learners to the concepts of intergenerational practice and learning; discussing both the benefits and challenges associated with these concepts. Barriers to intergenerational practice and learning are presented along with a variety of tools and techniques to address these challenges. The course also explains the relevance of intergenerational practice and learning to a number of key policy areas, explain how they can applied in a variety of social issues and contexts and explore why these concepts are relevant in today’s society. ... Read more
Linking Generations Northern Ireland’s (LGNI) vision is that Northern Ireland will be ‘age-friendly’ and generations will work together to build communities for all ages. They believe that bringing generations together is a catalyst for positive social change. Their experience has taught them that intergenerational practice promotes better understanding and respect between young and old, creates opportunities to share skills, is inspirational and addresses shared problems. It is also great fun! ... Read more
NICE – the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence – has updated its workplace guidance to include recommendations that will improve the health and wellbeing of older employees (people aged over 50). ... Read more
COMPETITION! Are you a budding photographer or do you just enjoy capturing life on film? What does ‘older age’ look like to you, could you replicate that image? Whether it be emotive or bright and inspirational we would like to see your pic and encourage anyone to send in their entries asap to take part in our competition. We have a prize for the winning entry of a free factory tour/refreshments and 15% off in the gift shop at the Emma Bridgewater Factory in Stoke-on-Trent. The photos would be used on our website, social media and literature so we ask you to complete the permissions form below. Please send your photo by email to angela.tunnicliffe@bjf.org.uk and the closing date is Wednesday 20th April 2016. Get clicking! ... Read more
The next meeting ;of the Intergenerational Fairness Forum will take place from 3.30-4.45pm on Wednesday 18 May in Committee Room 3a, when we will be discussing whether the introduction of mandatory voting in the UK would result in greater intergenerational fairness in public policy. ... Read more
Our Intergenerational Learning Programme is an accredited Open College Network course that teaches you everything you need to know about intergenerational practice and learning. Ideal for a multi-generational workforce or community group ... Read more
Peer commends inquiry report to senior Government Ministers The independent, Crossbench Peer Baroness Greengross has today w ...Read more
We need volunteers. We need you! Life with cancer in Staffordshire is still life; we’ll help you live it ...Read more
BJF Dementia Advocates & other organisations got together to share info and highlight their work with people with Dementia for ...Read more
Members of the Beth Johnson Foundation Dementia Advocacy Peer Support Group were asked to develop a ‘Comic’ ...Read more
