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Older people, neighbourhood renewal and regeneration
— Help the Aged Annual Lecture, 26 February 2003 | | Author(s) | Barbara Roche |
| Corporate Author | Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Help the Aged, London, 2003 |
| Pages | 18 pp |
| Source | Help the Aged, 207-221 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UZ. E-mail: info@helptheaged.org.uk Website: www.helptheaged.org.uk |
| Keywords | Neighbourhoods, communities etc ; Urban renewal ; Poor elderly ; Social policy ; Lecture papers. |
| Annotation | The role of older people in renewal and regeneration has been largely overlooked. At the time of the lecture, Barbara Roche was Minister of State for Social Exclusion and Equality. Her lecture focused on the importance of enabling older people to play the fullest possible part in regenerating their communities, particularly those that are most deprived. She stressed the need for partnership working to achieve regeneration and community rebuilding, and asked how society might "bridge the gap" between the skills and experience older people can offer and the need for those skills in the community. Delegates' discussions raised issues about the EU Directive on age discrimination in employment, the role and future viability of the voluntary sector, the problems faced by ethnic minorities, and the need for education. The lecture forms part of Help the Aged's work during 2003, focusing on pensioner poverty and social exclusion. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030626001 B |
| Classmark | RH: RRJ: F:W6: TM2: 6MA |
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