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Third Age Employment Network Members' conference report
— held at Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, May 20th 1999 | | Corporate Author | Third Age Employment Network (TAEN); Help the Aged |
| Publisher | Third Age Employment Network; Help the Aged, London, 1999 |
| Pages | unnumbered |
| Source | Third Age Employment Network, St James's Walk, Clerkenwell Green, London EC1R 0BE. |
| Keywords | Employment of older people ; Pressure groups ; Conference proceedings. |
| Annotation | The TAEN (Third Age Employment Network) campaigns for better opportunities for older people to continue a productive working life. TAEN is a membership organisation of local groups and other organisations who share this goal. This first conference was attended by fifty participants and a brief report summarises the day's proceedings. Tony Watts addressed the audience about Government plans to fund Adult Guidance Partnerships on a regional basis and how TAEN should work in unison with them. This was followed by discussion on the Government's code of practice on age discrimination; members' presentations; and four workshops on topics: a) what can be done to tackle the isolation of older workless people? b) how can Government programmes make better use of TAEN members' experiences? c) benefit and tax barriers to older people seeking work and training; d) what cultural influences affect productive ageing. Julia Evans then described the PRIME initiative to provide support and soft loans to over 50s starting up in self employment. A final session covered a number of topics raised by the participants. A Members' Directory was launched at the conference. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990927204 B |
| Classmark | GC: PME: 6M * |
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| ...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing. |
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