Registered Charity no. 1072538
Volunteer Link is the Chair of the Ealing Voluntary Sector Older Persons Forum. This is the forum for voluntary and community groups working with older people in Ealing Borough. It aims to provide a supportive atmosphere where good practice and information can be shared, partnerships forged, and to contribute to improving services for older people by working amongst ourselves and with key statutory partners in the borough. The forum meets four times per year.
Our next meeting is from 1pm to 3pm on 4th December 2008 and held at Northumberland House, 11 The Pavement, Popes Lane, South Ealing, London W5 4NG (to the right hand side of South Ealing Cemetery). Presentations will be on the new Ealing Local Involvement Network (LINk), the Ealing CVS Can Be team, and a speaker from L. B. Ealing on making complaints to LBE Adult Services. A light festive lunch will be available from 12:45pm.
For information please contact:
The Volunteer Link Scheme,
Northumberland House,
11 The Pavement,
Popes Lane,
South Ealing,
London W5 4NG
Our new telephone number is: 020-8832-7422
On 9th October 2008, we
held a conference called “Home Alone in Ealing”. The conference aimed to
inspire new local approaches to addressing the social exclusion of older
people and arises from Age Concern England's
Age Concern England's "Out of Sight, out of mind" and to
encourage networking, informal joint working and potential new partnerships
through showcasing positive and innovative approaches already being undertaken
locally.
Patrick South, who leads on Age Concern England's social exclusion work was our
keynote speaker and there were workshops on
- Transport
- Living alone/isolation inc recently bereeaved and the very elderly
- Reaching the needs of those who have limmited capacity
- Personalised budgets
- Housing
Notes from the conference will be available here for download shortly.
The Volunteer Link Scheme is Registered Charity no. 1072538