The Norfolk Council on Ageing Welcomes 20 New Organisations into Membership

Twenty additional organisations joined membership of the Norfolk Council on Ageing on 01 October 2009.

 

The expansion comes after a review of the membership of the Norfolk Council on Ageing which has taken place over the last year and means that 47 organisations from across Norfolk are now members.

Hilary MacDonald, Chief Executive of Age Concern Norfolk, said, "We are delighted that 20 additional organisations from across Norfolk have accepted our invitation to join the Norfolk Council on Ageing.  The new membership brings older people together with organisations working with and for older people.  This opens up enormous potential for us to work together to develop genuine opportunities for older people to influence local and national policy decisions that affect their lives that go far wider than our current individual constituent networks."

 

The new member organisations are:

 

·      ACSAN (Age Concern Sustainability Across Norfolk)

·      Broadland Older People's Partnership

·      Crossroads Caring for Carers in Norfolk Limited

·      Great Yarmouth Older People's Network

·      NIC (Norfolk Independent Care)

·      Norfolk and Norwich Association for the Blind

·      Norfolk and Norwich NHS University Hospital Trust

·      Norfolk and Waveney Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

·      North Norfolk Older People's Forum

·      Norwich and District Carers Forum

·      Norwich and Norfolk Racial Equality Council

·      Norwich Older People's Inclusion Project

·      South Norfolk Older People's Forum

·      SSAFA (Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association)

·      The Royal British Legion

·      U3A North Walsham Group

·      U3A Wymondham Group

·      West Norfolk Carers

·      West Norfolk Mind

·      West Norfolk Older People’s Forum

The Norfolk Council on Ageing meets five times a year and meetings are open to everyone.  For more information about the Norfolk Council on Ageing and a full membership list please contact Paula Skelton on T 01603 785235 or E paula.skelton@acnorfolk.org.uk.

 

 

 

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