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held its
2011 Annual General Meeting on 13 April in the Cliffe Community
Hall in Lewes. The Forum chair, Jean Gaston-Parry, reported
on the Forum's events and the Management Committee's actions during
the previous year.
David Glen, Elizabeth
Newton-Price and Hazel Sargent were elected to the Commitee,
joining Keith Baker, Jean Gaston-Parry, Richard Kemp, Ann Johns,
Wendy Johnson, Ann Thomas and John Wingate. Arnold Goldman
resigned, remaining as the Forum webmaster. The
Committee now has 9 members out of a possible 12. It will be
electing its officers and other post-holders at its next meeting, at
1030am on 27 April in the Phoenix Centre. Members were
invited to attend this or any meeting of the Committee and if they
subsequently wished, be co-opted to it.
After the AGM,
Isilda
Almeida-Harvey,
Outreach and Learning Officer,
East Sussex Record Office introduced the ESRO schools project,
If it wasn’t for the War,
to which LDSF members had contributed. The members shared their
experience of the project.
LDSF members (l. to r.) Roger Murray, Arthur Chapman
and
Brian
Leaney (standing)
speaking to Queen's Park Primary schoolchildren
about their experiences of WWII
East Sussex
Record Office worked with Queen’s Park Primary School in Brighton and three LDSF members exploring
the impact of the War on people’s
lives, beliefs and perceptions. Photos and documents used
in the project were exhibited and there was oral history recorded by the school.
See the website for the project at
www.theirpast-yourfuture.org.uk.
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Newsletter Spring 2011 with
Key Tips (also included in
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held a coffee morning in the Southover
Church Chapter House for representatives of minority groups
on 8 December 2010.
from l.: Mebrak Ghebreweldi
(co-organiser), Ann Thomas,
Shashi Rawal (LDSF member) and
Jean Gaston-Parry (LDSF chair and co-organiser) |
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celebrated National Older People's Day 2010
on 21 October 2010 at the Cliffe Hall, Lewes. Forum member
Baroness Andrews of Southover, Chairman of English Heritage,
spoke about English Heritage and Older People. The talk and a
question-and-answer session were followed by refreshments.
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Newsletter Autumn 2010
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Key Tips
(also included in hardcopy Newsletter)
with tips on
Keeping Warm in Winter |
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held a coffee morning at Ringmer Village
Hall on 24 June 2010. About 20 local residents attended and
met seven members of the Forum Committee. Ellen Cranton, the NHS Falls
Prevention Trainer spoke. Various leaflets and brochures were taken. |
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held its 2010 Annual General Meeting on
15 April in the Cliffe Community Hall in Lewes. Some 45 people attended.
David Glen, who had resigned from the Committee during the year, was
thanked for the work he had done in helping to found the Forum and
acting as its first chairman. Ann Johns, Wendy Johnson, Richard Kemp, Ann
Thomas and John Wingate were elected to the Forum Management Committee,
joining Keith Baker, Jean Gaston-Parry, Arnold Goldman and Elizabeth
Newton-Price.
After the Forum business - including a revised Constitution - was concluded,
officers from East Sussex County Council Adult Social Care spoke and
answered questions about the new ways in which care is funded and advice
provided both for those whose care is funded and those who pay for their
own. |
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held a coffee morning
at the Cliffe Hall in Lewes on 18 February 2010. Despite the rain
throughout the morning, over 30 people attended and it was felt to be a
great success. |
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had a stall at the Lewes Farmers'
Market in most months to February 2010, recruiting new members,
discussing issues with members and others and following them up. |
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June Pratley (ESCC) asks us to publicise
information about
carbon monoxide poisoning
Dear All
The NHS Trust in Devon has alerted local authorities to a recent report
following a coroner’s court verdict after the death of an elderly man
through carbon monoxide poisoning.
I know that many of you provide information through your newsletters, at
coffee mornings and other events and hence can offer numerous
opportunities to get information out to older people about the dangers
of carbon monoxide poisoning and how to prevent it.
You may find the following links
useful:
AgeUK provide some information and
a ‘home safety checker’ leaflet on their website
http://www.ageuk.org.uk/home-and-care/home-safety-and-security/gas-safety/?paging=false
Other useful information may be
found on the Health and Safety Executive website
http://www.hse.gov.uk/gas/domestic/co.htm
and on the Headway website
http://www.headway.org.uk/prevention-of-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.aspx
June
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held a coffee morning in
Plumpton on 19 November 2009. |
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celebrated national Older People's Day
on 22 October 2009: at the
Cliffe Community Hall in Lewes. Prof. Dorothy Sheridan,
Development Director of the Mass
Observation Archive
at the
University of Sussex spoke about
Life on the Home Front,
using archive material. After questions and answers, the full house of
eighty persons who attended had an opportunity to
remember, speak and
hear about the War years and their aftermath. The event concluded
with tea &
refreshments. |
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held a coffee morning in
Ringmer on 23 April 2009. Points made by those who attended have
been passed on to the Chairman of Ringmer Parish Council, among
others. |
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The
2009 Annual General Meeting was held at the Cliffe Community Hall, Lewes, on
Thursday 26 March 2009.
Jean Gaston-Parry was elected
to the Forum chair,
Dr Arnold Goldman was elected vice-chairman.
Keith Baker and David Glen (the outgoing chairman) were
also elected to the Forum committee, joining Elizabeth Newton-Price.
There were presentations from the police service and the fire
service. They were much appreciated and many questions and
comments were put to them. [Subsequently, Wendy Johnson, Richard
Kemp and John Wingate have joined the committee as
co-opted members, bringing its number to eight.] |
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On 18 March 2009, the
The Pyramid Theatre
Company presented
BIG LITTLE
HEART,
a play about
heart disease and stroke in the Main Hall at Meridian Centre,
Peacehaven,
followed by refreshments. The event was sponsored by
&
Meridian Mature
Citizens' Forum. Read the press release by
clicking here. |
Sussex Express published
chairman David Glen's letter (Friday
6 March 2009) about age discrimination, drawing attention to the House of
Commons Early Day Motion 458:
EQUALITY BILL AND AGE DISCRIMINATION
14.01.2009
That this House notes the
Government's manifesto commitment to bring in a single comprehensive
Equality Bill within the lifetime of this Parliament; welcomes the
Government's commitment to banning age discrimination in the
provision of goods, facilities and services as part of this Bill;
urges all hon. Members to support this Bill; recognises that health
and social care is one of the key areas in which older people face
unfair discrimination; is concerned that this discrimination has a
major impact on their quality of life and, in extreme circumstances, can
deny them potentially life-saving treatment; understands that the
Government intends to introduce provisions on age discrimination in
health and social care by secondary legislation; and is concerned
that the provision for this and detailed guidance should be brought
forward as soon as possible after Second Reading of the Bill and not be
subject to a lengthy delay before enactment.
The Forum had asked Norman Baker MP
to sign Early Day Motion 458, which he did. (There were 147
signatories as of 9 March 2009.) |
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had a stall at the Lewes Farmers'
Market in February and March 2009. |
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The
petition to make
buses freely available to seniors at 9am (instead of 9.30am),
signed by 150 people and presented to Lewes District Council in December
2008 - was successful. David Glen,
chairman, said, "This is important
because it allows older people to use earlier buses to get to hospital and
doctors' appointments. See
www.directgov.uk/buspass for information about free bus passes. |
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The Winter 2008/09
Newsletter was sent to members. |
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held a coffee morning in
Cooksbridge on 2 December 2008. |
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The Autumn 2008 Forum Newsletter
was
sent to members with the ESCC Forward from 50 handbook. |
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representatives attended the
October Help the Aged South East
Speaking Up for Our Age AGM in London. |
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representatives
lobbied Parliament
(with Forum members from Seaford)
about pensions on 22 October, in support of the National
Pensioners' Convention. |
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was in discussions about the development of
the Phoenix Centre in Lewes. |
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is participating in the
AgeWell project in four residential homes in Ringmer. |
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organised a
petition over bus times - to get the hour at which bus passes are valid moved back to
9am - click here
for the result. |
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has had a successful networking at the
"Bonkers" Peacehaven event in September. |
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members are actively involved
with the ESCC Adult Social Care Independence First (POPP) initiative,
currently on its Reference Group and with the
Navigator Service and the MAST programme (Memory Assessment
Support Team) projects. |
members regularly
attend
Lewes District and town meetings and groups
they report back to the Forum committee -
items are put forward to other meetings and are publicised in the
Newsletter.
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