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A life-changing experience — [Sure Start for older people]
Author(s)	Anabel Unity Sale
Journal title	Community Care, no 1611, 23 February 2006
Pages	pp 30-31
Source	http://www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Services ; Activities of older people ; Voluntary workers ; Isolation ; Rural areas ; Projects ; South Shropshire.
Annotation	The Social Exclusion Unit report "A Sure Start to later life: ending inequalities for older people" (Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, 2006) indicates the government's wish to extend the principles of Sure Start to older people. That report includes the Mayfair Community Centre in Church Stretton, Shropshire as a case study of an existing model of what the SEU has in mind. This article outlines the range of services and activities offered by volunteers at the Centre. The Centre is operated by the Strettons Mayfair Trust, which was formed in 1996. Its aim is to reach out to people living in a rural area who may be isolated; and although open to people of all ages, most are older than 60. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-060308204 A
Classmark	I: G: QV: TP: RL: 3E: 8SH *
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