National Assembly for Wales 2011

National Assembly for Wales 2011

On Thursday 5 May 2011 voters in Wales elected 60 new Assembly Members to the National Assembly for Wales.  In this short video older people challenge the new Assembly Members to tackle issues of importance to them.

The Assembly has an important role in making decisions that impact on the day-to-day lives of older people in Wales with responsibility for a range of policy areas including: health and social care, education, environment, transport, housing, local government, town and country planning, and the welsh language.

 Find your local Assembly Member

Age Cymru has produced some useful resources to help older people engage with decision makers in Wales:

 What does the National Assembly for Wales do? (45 KB)

 What does the Welsh Government do? (51 KB)

 What does Local Government do? (45 KB)

Further to this, in the run up to the elections Age Cymru produced a manifesto, Opportunities: the age manifesto for the National Assembly, which highlights six key things that older people in Wales have told us need to change:

 Opportunities: the age manifesto for the National Assembly (PDF)

We have also produced 6 ‘Challenge Papers’ which provide more information on the six key calls made in our manifesto. These can be downloaded below:

Social Care

 Transport

 Dignity in health care

 Advocacy

  Public toilets

Age equality

We continue to influence Assembly Members on these, and other, issues of importance. If you would like to let us know what you would like the Welsh Assembly to do for you please email us or telephone 029 2043 1567