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Loneliness: Activate to Change
April 25, 2016 @ 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Future Years, the forum on ageing for Yorkshire and Humber, is holding a workshop in Wakefield for older people interested in influencing and bringing about change, to end loneliness and social isolation.
Speakers:
- Councillor Shelagh Marshall OBE, Future Years and Isolation and Loneliness Working Group (Age Action Alliance)
- George Wood, Future Years and York Older People’s Assembly
- TBC, Age UK Wakefield District
The aims of the day:
- To understand the new health and well-being structures and what they can do
- To understand the causes of loneliness
- To understand the impact of loneliness and social isolation and how you can help change it
- Share practical examples of successful intervention
- To explain how YOU can bring about change
- To examine what you have learned, what you will do next and what you need to do that
The event will be followed by a free lunch and networking
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