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Opening Doors evaluation
— the story so far ... | | Author(s) | Mike Phillips, Sally Knocker |
| Corporate Author | Age Concern |
| Publisher | Age Concern, London, 2009 |
| Pages | 117 pp |
| Source | Download available at: http://www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk/resources/Ope... |
| Keywords | Gay men ; Lesbians ; Transexuals ; Social inclusion ; Projects ; Evaluation ; London. |
| Annotation | The impact of a three year Big Lottery funded project, Opening Doors in Central London (Camden, Hackney, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster), is explored. The project ran from 2008-2010 and was intended for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) older people. This first report presents findings of an evaluation conducted over a six month period, July-December 2009, which also sought service users' views and to inform other similar projects across the country. The evaluation findings cover who the project has reached; isolation and social well-being; community safety and tackling homophobia; training and personnel development; remaining independent; and raising awareness of older LGBT issues. It makes recommendations about continuing and extending Opening Doors as a Pan London project; and finding ways of developing closer links with care services working with older people aged 75+ who have dementia or are physically frail. Other recommendations refer to involving service users, recruitment and training, developing intergenerational links, and sharing examples of good practice in statutory services. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-160408004 B |
| Classmark | ES6DA: ES6DB: ES6G: RNA: 3E: 4C: 82L |
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