By Tara Acton, Community Builder for Livermead, Chelston & Cockington For nearly four years now, I have been lucky enough to be able to call myself a Community Builder working in the Chelston, Livermead and Cockington area for the Torbay Community Development Trust (TCDT) led, Ageing Well Torbay. Working in this job means that every day I am reassured by the goodwill and positivity of … Continue reading People Power
By David Gledhill, Marketing & Communications Lead BUS services in the Bay are fabulous if you want to go between the main towns, but try to get to the outlying areas or up the hills, then you will struggle. Time and again through both Torbay Community Development Trust and Ageing Well Torbay we come up against the issues that a restricted bus service represents, and … Continue reading What’s happening with the Bay’s buses?
Should people over 50 get the services that they want, rather than what “we” think they need? We think that people know best what they need and that they should be at the centre of any new services developed. During our ‘Food for Thought’ sessions last year, many people over 50 identified themselves as being an ‘untapped resource’ and more able to support their peers … Continue reading Help us design a “Stay put – Peer Support” project
By David Gledhill, Marketing and Communications Officer What went wrong? Since when did ageing become something to be frowned upon – to be demonised as if it wasn’t something that will happen to us all? Not many years ago the older generation were revered, respect was expected and delivered and as they said round our way ‘woe betides you if you don’t’ The generations that … Continue reading Rethinking Ageing
By Sue McDermott, Programme Manager As the Ageing Well Manager I am of course interested in Ageing, and in particular why we tend to discriminate on the grounds of old age, when we are all getting older from the day we are born. As I wanted to understand more, I have spent the last nine months studying adulthood, ageing and ageism with the open university. … Continue reading The Mystery of Ageism
A co-designed, collaborative “Stay put – Peer Support” project Tenders up to £250,000 for projects lasting a minimum of 30 months During our ‘Food for Thought’ sessions, older people identified themselves as being an ‘untapped resource’ and more able to support their peers (with low level DIY, gardening, shopping, household chores, neighbourly driving) to live inter-dependently. However they recognised that there were barriers to helping … Continue reading Big Commission 2018
By Karla White, Marketing and Communications Officer We recently organised a photoshoot in Paignton and Torquay with people in later life. Why were we out and about taking photos? One of the objectives of the Ageing Well programme is to change perceptions of ageing, and what better way to do this than to start on your own doorstep. Many marketing stock photos do not truly … Continue reading Same old, same old
By Mike Norton, Finance and Business Support Manager Advances in medical sciences and healthcare have resulted in people living much longer. People are now staying healthy, energetic and living into their 80s, 90s and beyond. While these advances have been significant, society hasn’t quite caught up and some attitudes towards older people are still surrounded by negativity and stereotyping. The Sex Discrimination Act 1975, Race … Continue reading Challenging the Ageist Stereotype
After a highly successful launch event chaired by local MPs and attended by over 80 people from Torbay Council, Health and community groups, the FAIR (Financial Advice, Information & Resilience) project now moves to the heart of our local communities. Funded by the Big Lottery fund via Ageing Well Torbay, the FAIR project aims to help address issues of poverty in old age. FAIR will … Continue reading FAIR in the Community
All the latest news and updates from Ageing Well Torbay, including articles and stories from our readers! The latest Ageing Well Torbay newsletter is now available both digitally and in print! Email us at ageingwell@torbaycdt.org.uk or phone 01803 212638 if you’d like to contribute to the next newsletter. The print versions will be available from a number of locations in Torbay over the coming weeks, including our office at Torbay Community Development … Continue reading Ageing Well Torbay Newsletter – Spring 2018
