Final evaluation webinarWebinar chairDr Nori Graham, Age Action Alliance

Final evaluation webinarHouse keeping points- The length of the webinar is up to 1.5 hours- Check that your ‘sound’ is turned up - To note you can use computer speakers instead of a phone- Ask for help using the Q&A box at the bottom of your screen at any time- Remember to use ‘full screen’ mode!

Final evaluation webinar

Remember: you can submit your questions at any time during the presentations using the Q&A box

1. Fit as a Fiddle programme background overview

2. Findings of the evaluation, impact and learning in relation to physical activity, healthy eating and wellbeing

3. Q&A with panel

Launch of the Age Action Alliance 30 September 2011

• www.ageactionalliance.org

• National initiative to energize organisations to improve older people’s lives

• Free for any organisation to join

• Independent partnership of over 260 cross sector organisations

• Secretariat support by Age UK and DWP

How will the Alliance work?

• Focus on socially excluded and most vulnerable

• Commitment to ensuring older people at heart of Alliance

• Working in partnership, building on what works, sharing good practice

• Unique network: a ‘dating agency’ for practical action

Public Health and Active Lifestyles working group

Identify one or more initiatives which meet certainagreed criteria:

• Meets one or more areas of focus of the Alliance• Tried and tested• Shown to be user friendly and accessed by local

people • Ability to scale up programme

Exercise: the cheapest super drug

Regular exercise helps to prevent :• Heart disease • High blood pressure• Type 2 Diabetes • Depression• Stroke• Vascular dementia• Loneliness and isolation

Public Health and Active Lifestyles working group

5 Ways to Health and Wellbeing*An individual needs to :– connect– take notice– be active– learn– give

*New Economics Forum commissioned by Foresight

The Fit as a Fiddle programme

• Age UK initiative funded by the Big Lottery fund for 5 years

• Run by volunteers who receive training • Supports older people with a series of national

programmes promoting: Increased physical activityHealthy eatingMental wellbeing

The Fit as a Fiddle Approach

• Fits our theme of 5 Ways to Health and Wellbeing• Meets our criteria• Helps address loneliness and isolation• Improves knowledge of diet, cooking and nutrition

and tackle obesity• Enhances general wellbeing• Encourages employers to include programmes• Sustainable

Nicki Smith, Managing Director of Ecorys’ Policy & Research team

Bernadette Bartlam (PHD), Lecturer at Keele University

Julius Sim,Professor of Health care research at Keele University

Evaluation of the fit as a fiddle portfolio Final Report – Key Findings

Nicola Smith, Ecorys

Bernadette Bartlam & Julius Sim, University of Keele

Question and answer session

In this final session we will answer any questions we have collated throughout the webinar.

We will try and answer all of your questions but if we are not able to do so we will answer them after the webinar if we can, or point you to where in the published evaluation you can find an answer.

Fit as a Fiddle resources

The following resources can be downloaded here on the Fit as a Fiddle web pages or email fitasafiddle@ageuk.org.uk for hard copies:

•Engaging older disabled people in physical activity

•Engaging faith and BME communities in activities for wellbeing

•‘How to’ guides

Further details and contacts

Webinar presentation

The presentation will be available to view after the webinar as it is being recorded. We will email the link to all delegates booked onto the webinar.

Final evaluation report

The final evaluation report will be available as a pdf document to download on the Age UK website by mid February, we will also email this link.

You can find presenter contact details in the evaluation report pages.