Ageing Well

Ageing Well Festival 2024

Save the date! Newham’s free Ageing Well Festival will be held on Saturday 5 October. Please join us to celebrate International Day of Older Persons. Everything will be FREE including all activities, entertainment and the international food available. The celebration…

Meet a Changemaker: Tim Wood

Six years ago, Tim spent a period in a hospital and realised on coming out that his lifestyle choices had contributed to it. That was a turning point for him, and he became passionate about physical and mental wellbeing –…

Meet a Changemaker: Stella Howard

Stella Howard

Stella is passionate about bringing dance and the arts into health settings and vulnerable communities to encourage healthy relationships to movement. She is founder of Embrace Space: Arts & Wellbeing, delivering free inclusive dance and movement sessions in Newham. Her…

Meet a Changemaker: Katie Blake

Katie Blake

Katie Blake is a long-standing council volunteer, who has contributed her time, knowledge and efforts to supporting a wide variety of community campaigns, such as the Ageing Well Strategy Resident Advisory Group. She has been a COVID-19 Champion and Peer…

Meet a Changemaker: Peter Chung

Peter Chung

Peter grew up in Newham and loves how multicultural the borough is. He is passionate about the Ageing Well agenda; as co-chair of the Ageing Well Resident Advisory Group and member of the Older People’s Reference Group, he is very…

Meet a Changemaker: Bill Hopkinson

Bill Hopkinson

Bill has worked closely with the council as co-chair of the Ageing Well Strategy Delivery Board. He runs the LGBTQ+ Seniors group, which meets for coffee and a chat to give support, and identify issues affecting older LGBTQ+ people. Bill…