HOP - Lobbying
The Helping Older People's project have been working in collaboration with the following bodies to ensure that the views of local people are heard and they have the opportunity to articulate their concerns.
NICVA - Older Peoples Policy Forum
SHSSCT - Mental Health Forum
IMTAC - Inclusive Mobility Transport Advisory Committee
CAF - Community Arts Forum for Northern Ireland
Arts for Older People Network
For further lobbying advice and training please contact:
PALS - Craigavon Area Pensioners Actively Lobbying services
The Helping Older People's Project hosted a consultation event, on Tuesday 28th of April, to focus attention on the transport needs of local older people. Drawing on information collected during a social audit, the workers identified transport as one of the major challenges facing older people. To ensure that older people's views were heard by policy makers and those tasked with advising local government the workers invited Terry Butler (Access Manager Translink), Dame Joan Harbison (Older People's Advocate), Michael Lorimer (Executive Secretary IMTAC), Gavin Hamilton (Department of Regional Development) and Janet Watson (Department of Regional Development) to the event.
Title: Transport Matters
Description: Dame Joan Harbison listens intently to the views of local older people.
Transport Matters |
Title: Transport Matters
Description: The Helping Older People’s Project hosted a conference on Tuesday 28th of April in the Millennium Court Arts Centre to discuss the transport needs of local older people. Representatives from local groups including Pensioners Actively Lobbying Servcies (PALS) and the Golden Millennium Club informed Translink, the Department of Regional Development and Dame Joan Harbison, the Older People’s Advocate, on the local issues that affect the mobility of their members.
The need for a discussion on transport was identified from the responses to the social audit conducted with older people’s groups at the start of the project where all groups identified it as one of the major issues facing them. The workers on the project are extremely grateful to Philomena Mulholland Gallagher Coordinator of Craigavon and Banbridge Aging Well Network and Michael Lorimer Executive Secretary of the Inclusive Mobility and Transport Advisory Committee (IMTAC) for all their help and support with organising the conference.
We have been assured by both the Older People’s Advocate and IMTAC that any developments resulting from the conference and will be reported back to CNC and we in turn can assure all participants that they will be notified as soon as we hear.
The Helping Older People’s Project is committed to ensuring that older people have the same opportunities as everyone else to travel when and where they want. For further details please contact either Neil or Kathy at Community Network Craigavon on 02838 392777.
Transport Matters |
Title: Transport Matters Event
Description: The panel for the Transport Matters event were, Terry Butler (Access Manager Translink), Dame Joan Harbison (Older Peoples Advocate), Micheal Lorimer (Executive Secretary IMTAC), Gavin Hamilton and Janet Watson (Department of Regional Development).
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Title: Transport Matters
Description: Transport was the focus of an event in the Millenium Court Arts Centre, Portadown, on Tuesday 28th April arranged by the Helping Older People Project.
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