hgdover50sforum.org.uk » Older people https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk A Voice for Older People in the Harrogate District Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:05:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 ‘Home and Dry’ https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/home-and-dry/ https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/home-and-dry/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2020 17:47:46 +0000 https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/?p=7382 Centre for Ageing Better‘Home and dry: The need for decent homes in later life‘

A report by the Centre for Ageing Better about the effects of housing on older people’s quality of life had just been published.

]]> https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/home-and-dry/feed/ 0 We are not a minority group https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/we-are-not-a-minority-group/ https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/we-are-not-a-minority-group/#comments Fri, 08 Nov 2019 18:54:59 +0000 https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/?p=7156 Grandparents and children

 

We need to use our voice to try to make things better for older people, because we are members of a large population. Just look at the figures …..

 

 

There are more people in the UK aged 60 and over, than there are under 18*

23,200,000         people, one third of the UK population, are 50 years of age and over.

3,500,000           people in the UK over the age of 65+ live alone

2,000,000           people aged 75+ live alone; of these, 1.5 million are women.

3,000,000           people aged 80 or over are living in the UK

As Emma Thompson (actress) once stated, ‘The trick is to age honestly and gracefully and make it look great, so that everyone looks forward to it’.

*(Source:  AgeUK)

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]]> https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/international-older-peoples-day/feed/ 0 Forward Together – a friendship group for older people https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/forward-together-a-friendship-group-for-older-people/ https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/forward-together-a-friendship-group-for-older-people/#comments Thu, 29 Jan 2015 19:27:36 +0000 https://hgdover50sforum.org.uk/?p=2966 Wesley Chapel 2The Wesley Centre in Harrogate, in partnership with Supporting Older People and the Harrogate Easier Living Project, is offering a varied social programme of talks and activities along with morning refreshments (£1) and a three course hot lunch (£3).

As before, Forward Together will take place each Thursday starting at 10am with lunch at 12pm, but every other week there will now be an activity or talk on offer which will start at 10.45am. No need to book, just turn up on the day.
Find out more at http://www.wesleycentreharrogate.org.uk/Pages/forwardtogether.html

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Couple with laptop imagesCAOCBKUXThe Later Life newsletter provides the latest news on policy changes, good practice and initiatives, and their impact on older people. The January edition now available. Follow this link.

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