Forum Meeting, October 2008
The Next Full Forum Meeting will be on Monday 6th October
We will meet at Oakengates Theatre (The Place) at 10am for 10.30am the theme will be
“What a Load of Rubbish”. Telford & Wrekin Council’s Recycling Team will give a
presentation on the benefits of recycling and the Highways Department will talk about
road works, footpath refurbishment and street lighting. There will be a short Annual
General Meeting to start proceedings. Come and hear what Telford is doing and planning
in this area amd how it affects you. There will be stalls on Housing for Life, Arts
Strategy . Home Improvement Agency, Winter fuel and energy advice. Age Concern benefits
advice and Intergenerational Projects. You will be able to have another go on the Wii
interactive computer game. Before the meeting there will be tea or coffee and light
refreshments will be provided afterwards.
COSTS OF CARE
The Government has launched a national consultation exercise on the future organisation of
care including how costs are to be met. You will know that arrangements in Scotland are very
different from those in England with the full costs of care being covered in Scotland as
against the means testing arrangements in England.
The Government is looking at a ‘wholesale’ rethink of care and support of older people
and people with disabilities. The intention is to issue a green paper next year and to
understand the issues being raised we have organised a workshop event on Thursday 30th
October with both Age Concern Shropshire Telford & Wrekin & the Borough of
Telford & Wrekin Council. We will be providing the option of attending either the
2 – 4pm OR 6 – 8pm event.
Places are limited on a first come first serve basis but we very much hope members of the
Forum would like to attend. To book please call Kester Black on 01952 582931.
This will be the chance to have your say on what is probably the biggest single issue for
older people in England.
New Leisure Guide
Listed here, by district of Telford (with an A - Z index), are just some of the leisure,
social and educational activities you can join in with in later life. Many voluntary
organisations, housing schemes, parish councils and faith groups run activities all over
the borough.
Find an activity for you to keep healthy and active
Intergenerational Projects
Would you like to help set up an activity with youngsters?
Projects and plans here....
Distraction Burglars and Bogus Callers
If you are concerned about distraction burglars or bogus callers you can get
helpful advice and information from
Care Directions
Use it or lose it!
Find local opportunities
here
to learn computing, painting, family history and a wide range of other subjects - free
or at reduced cost for pensioners. With links to local centres.
Dementia
The Forum Health and Care Action Group together with the local branch of The Alzheimers
Society are joining together in an investigation to find out as much as possible about
the current experiences of those affected by dementia in the Telford & Wrekin area.
We want to collect the thoughts and experiences of those
experiencing dementia themselves or caring for a person with it.
Full details of our project
Development of Forum Activities
The Forum has recently been allocated a sum of money to carry out three projects to
help the PCT to help 'hard to reach' older people, to find the service gaps and
evaluate the current service for black and ethnic minority groups and to work
with other organisations, who offer residential care to find meaningful activities
for their residents. These are very important areas for improvement and
will involve the Forum in a lot of work - if you would like to help,
especially if you have some experience in these matters, we would be very pleased
to have a chat with you and give you a more detailed explanation of what these
projects will involve. Please phone Kester on 01952 582931