Participation
Live, work and enjoy leisure activities as anyone else. The wider Island community recognises the skills and assets that older people.
Celebrating Age Festival
Age Friendly Island co-ordinated four Celebrating Age Festivals between 2016-2019. The Festival grew each year and resulted in extending the diverse range of activities over the whole of October to enable people to try as many different events as possible. In 2019, over 47 organisations were involved delivering 100+ events for the over 50’s and over 1000 people attended.
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Celebrating Age Festival Events Booklet 2019
Dementia Friendly Church Services
Dementia Friendly Church Services have been running on the Isle of Wight since 2014. Initially Age Friendly Island worked together with St. John the Baptist Church in Ryde to look at the best way to make church services more accessible to people living with dementia and to support the needs of older people.
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Dementia Friendly Service Factsheet
Dementia Friendly Church Services
Tapping Into Experience Programme
The Tapping into Experience Programme toolkit was developed to support organisations and businesses who are looking to offer a Mentoring, Work Shadow or Work Experience opportunity to members of the public aged 50 years plus who are preparing to return to employment.
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Tapping Into Experience Toolkit
Intergenerational Work
Our Intergenerational work with schools has been a key pillar in the Age Friendly Island project, and we have worked with children aged from 7 up to those in further education. Our Age Friendly school assemblies to raise awareness about the challenges older people face, were met with interest, curiosity and a keenness to make things better.
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Older And Wiser Vectis Radio Programme
The Older and Wiser Show is a partnership between Age Friendly Island and Vectis Radio. Its aim is to inform islanders about projects and initiatives taking place across the Island that enhance the lives of older residents.
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Vectis Radio | Older & Wiser Podcasts
Age Friendly Island Public Forums
The Age Friendly Island Forums were established in February 2016 after a public consultation event. The underlying principle of the forums, taken from this consultation event is to give an opportunity for individuals to have their voices heard and to influence practice and policy within a range of different organisations.
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Older Persons Steering Group
Made up of 6-12 older people who meet every month to champion the voices of older people. They shape decisions around how the Age Friendly Island project is run and what activities the programme engages in. The function is to support, challenge and engage.
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Niton & Whitwell Social Trips
50% of the population of the Parish of Niton and Whitwell in the south of the Isle of Wight is aged 50 and over. The parish has limited public transport, few shops and services and social isolation is a particular concern. After an audit of the physical and social environment by Age Friendly Island in partnership with the Parish, the recommendation for transport stated that the Parish Council should not only work with other stakeholders, but also offer a series of social trips to help combat social isolation.
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Age Friendly Communities Report