Councillor Stephanie Cryan, cabinet member for adult care and financial inclusion to introduce the item along with Jess Leech, resident participation coordinator.
Short presentation from Link Age.
3 workshops on the theme:
- Health
- Housing
- Social participation (opportunities to have fun)
Minutes:
Councillor Stephanie Cryan, cabinet member for adult care and financial inclusion, introduced the main theme item on the agenda, along with Jess Leech, resident participation coordinator:
A short film, from Link Age, a charity connecting people, was played. This showed the difference that volunteers could make to an older person by occasional or regular visits in the community.
Age-friendly borough consultation:
The World Health Organisation describes an age-friendly place as one where:
• people of all ages actively participate
• everyone is treated with respect
• it is easy to stay connected
• people are helped to stay healthy and active
• the frail and vulnerable are helped to live with dignity and enjoyment.
To become more age-friendly Southwark was developing an action plan to address the barriers to living and ageing well. The action plan would be developed through talking to people who live, work and provide services in Southwark.
The action plan would set out what needed to change for the borough to be more age friendly.
3 workshops took place on:
• Health
• Housing
• Social participation (opportunities to have fun).
There were also a range of information stalls in the meeting hall, dealing with age-friendly issues, including dementia services and local care networks.
Feedback from the workshops would go towards creating the action plan.