Free support is available to local authorities as part of the ageing well programme run by Local Government Improvement and Development (LGID).
Its aim is to help councils prepare for an ageing population and make their area a good place to grow older.
In 2008 there were more people aged over 65 than younger people; one in four people born today will live to 100, and 1.7million more people will need care in twenty years.
Funded by the Department for Work and Pensions, councils participating in the programme will benefit from a diagnosis of needs and the local authorities’ ability to meet them, as well as peer reviews, leadership and officer development, and sharing of good practice.
Contact: Virginia Saynor, Improvement Manager, Ageing Well Programme, West Midlands & North West, Mobile: 0781 0828 432; email: Virginia.saynor@local.gov.uk
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