AGE CONCERN SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE
- THIRD FLOOR, 28 SALTER STREET
ST16 2JU STAFFORD, STAFFORDSHIRE
Phone: 01785 600610
www.ageconcernstafford.org.uk
Short profile:
The Staying Active team is dedicated to the over 50’s to keep you happy and healthy. We have many activities from singing or dancing to joining a friendship group. The Staying Active centres provide an informal and friendly atmosphere to meet new people and join in the varied activities such as crafts, computer training, crown green bowling, gentle exercise classes, presentations and talks.
Each centre is unique as we encourage you to decide what you would like to do. Tina is here to help you choose a centre which is best suited to your interests, along with a dedicated team of volunteers who will ensure that you get the most out of your visit.We also have intergenerational projects and work with local primary and secondary schools where you can join ‘Singing for Fun’ or gain a bit of fresh air with our gardening project.
We will encourage you to get the most out of life and make new friends along the way.
Detailed description:
We believe that age needs respect. It needs kindness. Sometimes it needs help. Because there is strength in numbers, Age Concern and Help the Aged have joined forces to become Age UK – so that we can be here for everyone in later life. The new organisation we created in April 2009 brings together almost 120 years of shared history of working with and for older people. In July 2000, organisations sharing the name Age Concern came together to work in a federation: a structure which reflected their independence and autonomy but also their interdependence.
Age Concern England, as the national federation member, worked alongside local Age Concerns and provided support and leadership in areas like campaigning and policy. In 2001, Help the Aged merged with Research into Ageing. The charity continued to build on its research and policy work, and in 2005 it took a new strategic direction, shifting its focus to disadvantaged older people. Help the Aged achieved great success with its campaigns: 27, 000 people pledged support for the campaign against elder abuse and the Just Equal Treatment campaign led to a government promise to end age discrimination. In 2006, Help the Aged launched Cows ‘n’ Things, an ethical gift range sold in support of the charity’s work overseas.
In 2007, it launched intune, a company specialising in financial products for the over-50s, and engage, a business network helping companies to become age-positive. On 1 April 2009, Age Concern England and Help the Aged joined together to create a new charity dedicated to improving later life for everyone. As of April 2010, we are now known as Age UK.
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