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Older people in control
— accounts of projects run by older people | | Author(s) | Les Bright, Jackie Hollands, Jef Smith |
| Corporate Author | Counsel and Care |
| Publisher | Counsel and Care, London, 1998 |
| Pages | 47 pp |
| Source | Counsel and Care, Twyman House, 16 Bonny Street, London NW1 9PG. |
| Keywords | Activities of older people ; Voluntary work [elderly] ; Participation ; Advocacy ; Journalism ; Information technology ; Local history ; Chiropody services - general ; Luncheon clubs ; Projects. |
| Annotation | This report looks at six projects funded by the Nuffield Foundation's Phoenix Fund in various locations in the UK, in which older people play key roles in their running and development. The projects described are: the Sefton Pensioners Advocacy Centre (SPAC); the Hackney Pensioners Press, a community newspaper; a computer network based in Bath, under the auspices of the University of the Third Age (U3A); an oral history project in Liverpool - the Women's History for School Children; the Mobile Resource Unit (MRU) providing footcare for older people in the Lake District; and the Sheffield Lunch Clubs Group (SLCG). The older people's expertise and learning capacity in their work on these projects; the cost effectiveness and voluntary aspects; and the benefits to and control by participants are discussed. Older people have been given a sense of empowerment, and the aim of publicising their work is to encourage similar projects to be undertaken. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980529002 B |
| Classmark | G: GHH: TMB: IQ: UP6: UVB: HLM: L9: NRA: 3E |
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