Swale Seniors Forum – Overview Mission:
To ensure older people in Swale are heard, included, and supported, especially around issues like digital exclusion, healthcare access, loneliness, and transport.
Activities:
Campaigning: Tackles key issues affecting older adults, such as the closure of train ticket offices, cuts to local bus services, and concerns over cashless systems.
Community Events: Hosts regular coffee mornings with guest speakers, providing social connection and useful information for older people.
Partnership Work: Works closely with organizations like Swale CVS and Historic Swale. For example, it supported the "Get Online and Up with the Times" events, which help older adults develop digital skills.
Feedback and Representation: Gives older people a voice in local decisions by feeding back their concerns to councils and public services.
Recent Projects:
Digital Inclusion Work: Delivered sessions with iPads (provided by the Good Things Foundation), teaching older adults how to stay connected online using the Learn My Way platform.
Oral History Partnership: Involved in the "Voices of Swale" oral history project, helping record and preserve local memories and experiences from Swale’s older residents.
Swale Seniors Forum – Overview
Mission:
To ensure older people in Swale are heard, included, and supported, especially around issues like digital exclusion, healthcare access, loneliness, and transport.
Activities:
Campaigning: Tackles key issues affecting older adults, such as the closure of train ticket offices, cuts to local bus services, and concerns over cashless systems.
Community Events: Hosts regular coffee mornings with guest speakers, providing social connection and useful information for older people.
Partnership Work: Works closely with organizations like Swale CVS and Historic Swale. For example, it supported the "Get Online and Up with the Times" events, which help older adults develop digital skills.
Feedback and Representation: Gives older people a voice in local decisions by feeding back their concerns to councils and public services.
Recent Projects:
Digital Inclusion Work: Delivered sessions with iPads (provided by the Good Things Foundation), teaching older adults how to stay connected online using the Learn My Way platform.
Oral History Partnership: Involved in the "Voices of Swale" oral history project, helping record and preserve local memories and experiences from Swale’s older residents.