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Age Exchange – a convention for young and older people
Public Meeting Announcement - What is Big Local?
Day Opportunities for Older People 2013

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Carers Bromley Performance
Elders4Change – Empowering Asian Elders
Wrap up and Run 10K

Age Exchange – a convention for young and older people

Date: Saturday 25 February between 1-4.30pm
Venue: Tintagel Road, Orpington

Bromley Community Engagement Forum and Veneratio are running a free event called Age Exchange to explore the relationships between younger and older people. This fun and informative day is for people from both age groups to attend, communicate and represent the issues foremost to themselves and their peers – they don’t have to actively participate and are welcome to listen to the discussions taking place.

The convention will create a rare opportunity for both age groups to share the same space, air their views and concerns and gauge the feelings and needs of others. Call 01959 509202 or 07508 094087 to book. For more information visit www.veneratio.org.uk

Public Meeting Announcement - What is the Big Local?

Date: Saturday 4 February at 10am
Venue: The Mottingham Community Centre located on Kimmeridge Road

£1 million for Mottingham - it’s on its way. Come and find out more and have your say about what you want to see change.

Local people will help invest £1 million of Big Lottery Funding over 10 years, to make Mottingham a better place to live, now and in the future. Big Local needs local skills and ideas to improve the area together. We are working with local partners to start planning.

As an organisation delivering services in Mottingham, please pass this message on to your members who are resident in Mottingham and ask them to come to this presentation with Q&A’s about Big Local and how to get involved.

Day Opportunities for Older People 2013 - a fundamental review of services

Date: Monday February 13, 2.30pm
Venue: Verrall Hall, United Reformed Church, Bromley

Bromley Council on Ageing, Age UK Bromley and Greenwich and Carers Bromley would like to invite you to a meeting to consider the fundamental review of Day Services. Lorna Blackwood, Assistant Director Commissioning and Partnerships, and Andy Crawford, Older People Commissioning Manager, will take a strategic view of day opportunities and discuss the direction of travel from 2013.

YOUR VIEWS ARE IMPORTANT. Please join us and let us know what you think. Call Bromley Council on Ageing on 020 8325 9788 or email: mail@bromleycoa.org.uk

Carers Bromley Performance

Date: Friday17 February 2012, 4 -5pm
Venue: Bromley College, Rookery Lane, Bromley BR2 8HE

Carers Bromley invites you to a show performed by Outburst Theatre Company and young carers, aged 4-18 years
To book your seats in advance, please telephone Carers Bromley on 01689 898289 or email help@carersbromley.org.uk.

Elders4Change: Empowering Asian Elders

Date: Saturday 28 January 2012, 10am to 2pm
Venue: Asian Resource Centre of Croydon, Suites 14d-16, 2nd Floor, Day Lewis House, 324-340 Bensham Lane, Thornton Heath, Surrey CR7 7EQ27

Costs per delegate: FREE but places must be booked in advance.
The conference is being held in response to ARCC’s recent consultation with Asian Elders from a wide range of communities.

The conference aims to:

Empower older people and carers to have their voices heard
Highlight opportunities and support Older People and Carers in getting involved in local organisations, forums, services etc
Tackle barriers to engagement
Improve older peoples representation in working groups, forums etc that shape local services for older people and carers
Build alliances and links between and across diverse communities and between older people, community groups and public sector bodies on issues affecting older people.

The event will provide an opportunity for delegates to:

discuss and negotiate partnerships with the Asian Resource Centre of Croydon and The Asian Health Agency
link with/join the new Elders4Change forum
discuss and get involved in Pan London Public Institutions and decision making processes

This event is being organised in partnership by the Asian Resource Centre of Croydon (ARCC) and The Asian Health Agency’s BME Leadership and Engagement Project and is supported by The London Civic Forum. If you wish to organise a similar event in your area or need further information please contact farah.chaudhry@taha.org.uk

Wrap up and Run 10K

Venue: Crystal Palace
Date: Sunday 4 March 2012

Join thousands of runners helping to keep older people warm and well this winter, both locally and around the country.

Wrap Up and Run is part of Spread the Warmth that aims to prevent thousands of older people suffering needlessly during the winter months by ensuring they have the help and support they need at this time of year. Help spread the warmth across the UK by registering for your run at Crystal Palace Park today. Enter online at www.ageuk.org.uk/10k or call 0800 169 87 87.