Post on 14-Jan-2016
June 2014.
Public Health and Active Lifestyles Working Group update June 2014
Age Action Alliance Update.
• 620 members (Recent joiners - Barclays, Specsavers, NICE, Wolverhampton City Council, Healthwatch Central Bedfordshire, University of Kent)
• 3.1K Twitter followers• 15 Themes• Networks live in South West and South East England • Enhanced website:
– Member’s interests capture at point of joining– New home page carousel feature– Improved Monthly Highlights (with input from Communications WG)– Downloader counter installed.
Website 3k+ Twitter Followers.
Weekly communications
Wider Impact
Changing Attitudes
Identifying Opportunities New approachesNew Delivery Models
Marketing and Numbers
Age Action Alliance620 + Organisations
PDG15 Working Groups
Partnership Development Group.
50% Representation of Older People.
THEMES:
• Public Health and active lifestyles• Safe, warm homes• Research• Digital inclusion• Age-friendly environments• Excluded older people• Europe• Loneliness and isolation•Contribution of older people•Older Peoples Day•Attitudes to ageing•Transport•Money matters•Healthy workplaces•Creative Arts
English Forums provide representation onto each of the themed groups
More examples of success• Digital Inclusion - The Digital Inclusion Group has formed a consortium, headed by
Age UK, which has bid for funding under the Big Lottery's Digital Skills Programme for older people. The consortium has successfully passed through stage 1 and is now working on a more detailed bid for stage 2. Big Lottery is looking to award £15m.
• Employer's Toolkit - to manage the health and productivity of an ageing workforce
• Caring from a Distance factsheet - advice and information about a situation that is of increasing concern to a significant percentage of the UK population in their capacity as carers.
• First Contact Schemes - a guide to the extent and impact of schemes around the country, aimed to ensure excluded and/or vulnerable people are able access the advice and support to help them lead their lives safely and independently. (Open Invite to agencies interested - event 30 June (11am. 3.30am)