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Working for a Better Future For People
Aged 50+ in the Vale of Glamorgan
Birthday before 1962?
We need your Help!
As part of Adult Learners Week here in the Vale the Older Peoples Forum have decided to to a project to gather memories of when we were all a bit younger! We have called this project 'Going Down Memory Lane".The information you give to us will be used to make a digital and written record of your experiences which you are happy to share with the general public. This could include events you took part in, daily living experiences of when you were younger, pop concerts attended, forces memories; the list is endless!
We will be based in a Gazebo on Kings Square in Barry on the 15th May armed with a camcorder to record your memories. If you dont want to record your memories on camera, we are happy to use a tape recorder. Or write them down.
Or you can email us your own story to the project overseer janeweldon123@googlemail.com
no more than 500 words please. Or send your piece to 'Going Down Memory Lane' Vale OPSF. c/o 1st Floor, Fire Station, Port Rd, Barry CF62 3AZ Closing date 9th June 2012
We would love a photo to go with your piece, but we will not be able to return any photos that are sent to us and photos sent to us will be included and shared with the general public.
Cardiff and Vale Veteran's Mental HealthFit4Life Support Group meet at
Millennium Stadium
The chairperson of the Age Discrimination group and the Health Group of the Vale Older Peoples Forum attended this meeting. The meeting began with the first of four speakers; Count von Staufen, who has set up a charity called R3Cymru which helps ex veterans adapt and prepare to a civilian life.
Recognising that ex service personnal have particular problems he began to set up and adapt cohesive training sessions for them; mostly based around Green Energy.
R3Cymru liase with Service Associations, Social Services,Job Centres, and Health Services.
right pic. Count von Staufen speaking at Veteran's meeting at Millennium Staduim
A veteran from the Rhondda said that his main concern was the need for mental health support. He suffered from depression and was not getting any help from mental health staff. He felt that veterans were being removed from benefit lists without proper recognition of their disabilities, and felt that the Dept of Work and Pensions were failing a lot of people. There were concerns about how mental health assessments were carried out.
Another veteran complained that he was frustrated with needless repetitions of demands for basic information at the Job Centre he had attended. One veteran remarked that 'they insist on endless duplication of information and deny help to fill out forms'. That it needed to be recognised the current welfare process could be stressful and may make existing conditions such as post traumatic stress disorder and depression worse.
Questionnaires were returned at the end of this meeting.
The comments from these showed that the meeting was of great interest, but that there needs to be a more comprehensive was of getting information to veterans and to those organisations who purpose it is to provide services to them.
For more information on Cardiff and Vale Mental Health Fit4Life Support group contact Mathew Salisbury at
02920 222000 or email mathew@cvmhdp.org.uk
For more information on this meeting and speakers at this event on our Forum Events page.
Forum Members attend Opening of
LGBTHistory Month Cymru
Every February the lives and works of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are celebrated, and both in 2011 and 2012 the Welsh Heritage Ministers launched LGBT month together with other VIP guests. Each year Welsh individuals and organisations pledge to take part and help raise awareness and fight discrimination.
more pictures of this event on out Forum News page.
Information services for older
People in Wales Event
The corresponding report 'A Scoping Study on Information and Advice Services for Older People' is available on the Commissions website. The study made recommendations for possible action that could be done to improve services for the future. As a result the Older Peoples Commission has decided to explore the possiblity of issuing guidance under the Commissioners for Older People (Wales) Act 2006.
More pictures and information on this event on our Forum News Page.
Executive Members attend Elder Abuse Event
Members of the executive attended a joint event by Age Cymru Elder Abuse Project and Older Peoples Commissioners Office on the subject of 'Learning Lessons and looking to the future for Wales'; to explore the existing process of safeguarding older people and how we can make the most of increased law making powers in Wales to more effectively deal with abuse. The day included discussions, presentations, and workshops. Speakers included Ruth Marks Older Peoples Commissioner for Wales, Professor John Williams, Aberwystyth University, Stephen Bowen, Director British Institute Human Rights, DSI Stephen Mogg, Gwent Police, Louise Hughes Project manager Elder Abuse Age Cymru, Rick Henderson, Chief Executive, Action for Advocacy. A charter on Positive Steps to tackle elder abuse together "Rule out Abuse' was also launched at this event.
More pictures on our Forum News Page
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