Celebrating BJF Volunteers
We celebrate volunteers making a positive difference in our communities – Thank You! Volunteer Voices “I volunteer for the Beth Johnson Foundation helping people to learn more about IT and […]
New Spring & Summer Newsletter 2024
Out now, our Spring and Summer newsletter! ‘As Sir Winston Churchill reminded us, ‘The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see’, in other words, the past […]
Vacancy-Director of Finance
Director of Finance (Part time) The Beth Johnson Foundation is recruiting to its dynamic staff Team, offering a flexible 21 hour post entitled Director of Finance, commencing asap. The post […]
Parks, Playtimes and Age-Friendly Partnerships
The BJF are celebrating #GIW24 by launching a film around play across the ages. A collaboration with Keele University and St Johns School, it enabled a group of children to […]
Dementia Advocacy – supporting people to have their voices heard.
Since 1998, BJF Dementia Advocacy service has been supporting people living with dementia to have their voices listened to, and their wishes heard, and their rights upheld. the service provides […]
Online Event Schedule #GIW24
Global Intergenerational Week 2024 is finally with us and we are excited to share with you the event schedule for the week. Here are few tasters of what is going […]
Autism, Advocacy and Ageing Well
A personal perspective by Patsy Corcoran, BJF Volunteer Development Manager. This ‘Neurodiversity Celebration Week’ is an opportunity for me to share a few personal thoughts on the power of advocacy […]
Creative Lives
We held the final Polymer session in our Creative Lives programme today. With BJF members, volunteers and staff, we had a great time modelling our little owls. Everyone […]
Tea Party to celebrate a national award for a local professional
Professor emerita Miriam Bernard has been awarded an MBE for her contribution to society’s understanding of ageing – after an advert in a Job Centre window led to her becoming […]
Local Ageing Communities
Members of the Beth Johnson Foundation recently met with Stephen Gunther, Director of Public Health, Stoke on Trent Council, to explore mutually beneficial, collaborative opportunities around ageing. Sue Read, CEO, […]