Over 30 people attended Let’s Connect, an event held by LinkAge Network and Ambition Lawrence Weston earlier this month, looking at how we can all work together so no one should ever feel lonely.
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This spring saw the first Macmillan Activity Week for over 55’s in Bristol. Running from the 30th March – 5th April, the week was designed to support people aged 55+, who are living with and beyond cancer, to get active, have fun and feel better.
Since its launch in July 2018, the Post-Retirement Opportunities Project (PRO) has offered support to over 175 people who are approaching retirement, recently retired or facing redundancy. Events held in Bristol over the past nine months have covered a wide range of areas including volunteering, learning, working in later life, and general retirement planning.
LinkAge Network are delighted to have been chosen as Almeda’s charity of the year for 2019. They kick off this support when three members of their team will fly the LinkAge Network flag at the Bristol 10k in May.
£1000 of funding has been awarded to design and print the fourth Bedminster Toilet Map. Bedminster’s first toilet map arose following a discussion at the Bedminster Older Peoples’ Forum.
Aged 40+ and have a spare moment to complete our short questionnaire? The questionnaire is part of research which we have commissioned the University of Bristol to undertake, and will inform how we work to prevent people becoming isolated and lonely in later life.
BS3 Community, a South Bristol based community development charity, is looking for volunteers to help out with some of the activities they run for older people, and to support a boat trip on Monday 15th April. BS3 Community is also looking for new trustees.
St Monica Trust are seeking volunteers for their ACE Neighbours project. Support older adults to get involved in activities in their local area. Volunteer training will take place in April.
Read our latest blog post from our CEO Jo Stokes: I cannot quite believe it has been a year since we relaunched LinkAge Bristol as LinkAge Network. It seems like only yesterday we welcomed 50 people from Bristol’s VCSE sector to our launch event but it also feels like so much has happened. The elasticity of time!
An activity week of taster sessions between Saturday 30th March – Friday 5th April 2019, to support people aged 55+ living with and beyond cancer in Bristol into regular activity.
LinkAge Network has teamed up with Wesport and Active Ageing Bristol to offer a free event on keeping fit and healthy in retirement – why it is important, ideas for building more activity into your daily life, and information on local sport and wellbeing opportunities.
Read our recent member highlight on BS3 Community which explores their lunch and social clubs for people aged 55+, and the launch of their new volunteering platform.